1Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email id: drpsmatreja@yahoo.co.in
2Professor, Department of General Medicine, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email Id: drvksingh.tmu@gmail.com
Online Published on 18 January, 2022.
Organic food intake may lower the incidence of allergic illness, overweight, and obesity, but the data is inconclusive owing to probable residual confounding, since organic food consumers generally live better lives. Animal studies, on the other hand, indicate that similarly constituted feed from organic or conventional agriculture affects growth and development in distinct ways. When it comes to health benefits, organic diets have been shown to expose consumers to less pesticides linked to human illness. Organic farming has been shown to have a lower environmental effect than traditional methods. However, there is no evidence that eating organic foods provides any significant nutritional benefits or deficits when compared to conventionally grown foods, and there are no well-powered human studies that directly demonstrate health benefits or disease protection as a result of eating an organic diet. Pesticide usage is limited in organic agriculture, whereas residues in conventional fruits and vegetables are the primary source of human pesticide exposure. The nutritional value of organic food and the health benefits of organic food are discussed in this article. This article focuses on the health benefits of organic food as well as the environmental benefits of organic food production.
Ecological Balance, Farming, Health, Nutritional, Organic Food