To learn more about the impact of organic food on the body, two Japanese families have swapped conventional foods for 100% organic. Verdict…
A zero pesticide diet for ten days. As part of a study on the impact of organic food about health, Greenpeace Japan suggested to two families (each with two children) from the Japanese archipelago to temporarily change their diet. During this time, therefore, the two families changed their diet based on products from conventional agriculture to a diet 100% composed of foods from organic farming.
At the beginning and at the end of the experiment, urine samples were collected to establish a comparison of the levels of pesticides present in the bodies of the four children and the adults. If the study was commissioned by Greepeace Japan, the analyzes were carried out in an independent laboratory in Germany to ensure total objectivity.
Assessment of this “detox cure”? In all members of the two families, pesticides have almost disappeared from the body. In children, the difference is even more striking after ten days of consumption of organic food : Pesticide levels in urine decreased dramatically while they had comparatively higher levels of some pesticides compared to adults (certainly due to the smaller stature of children and lower body weight).
Tomorrow, all organic?
What lessons can be drawn from this small-scale study? Greenpeace Japan first underlines the danger of the exposure of younger generations to pesticides: “children can be very sensitive to the effects of toxic chemicals because their organs are still developing”, emphasizes The report. There are several reasons for this: the brain is developing and therefore more vulnerable to neurotoxic components.
Second lesson for the NGO, this study suggests that eating organic foods is an effective way to reduce chemical pesticides in the body.
This is not the first time that such an experiment has been carried out. In 2015 and 2016, Swedish families had lent each otherat play for two weeks with such positive results.
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