CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT
SUMMER AND COST ABOUT 8-MILLION
DOLLARS.
IN HEALTH NEWS... A NEW REPORT
SUGGESTS IF YOU WANT THE MOST
NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR YOUR FAMILY
.. GOING "ORGANIC" DOESN'T HELP
YOU. BUT NEWS 4 MEDICAL EXPERT
DR. PETER OSTROW TELLS US WHEN
EATING THESE FOODS MIGHT - OR
MIGHT NOT - BE BENEFICIAL.
YOU WANT TO FEED YOUR KIDS THE
BEST FOOD AVAILABLE, AND MAYBE
YOU'VE WONDERED WHETHER
"ORGANIC" FOODS ARE REALLY
SUPERIOR. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF PEDIATRICS HAS JUST PUBLISHED
AN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC FOODS,
WHICH SAYS "...CURRENT EVIDENCE
DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY MEANINGFUL
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OR DEFICITS
FROM EATING ORGANIC COMPARED
WITH CONVENTIONALLY GROWN FOODS.
BUT MAYBE NUTRITION ISN'T YOUR
ONLY CONCERN.
((I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
PRESERVATIVES AND PESTICIDES AND
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ADDED TO
OUR FOOD THAT WE'RE NOT
AWARE OF))
((THERE'S DEFINITELY A HIGHER
EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES IN NON-
ORGANIC FOODS, AND THAT COULD OR
COULD NOT BE A PROBLEM)) DR.
BAKER IS PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS
AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND
NUTRIRION AT U.B. HE POINTS OUT
THAT NO STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE
YET THAT SHOW HARM FROM
PESTICIDES.
(( WE KNOW THAT THE EXPOSURE IS
THERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THE
EXPOSURE IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY
TRUE DAMAGE. )) WE DO HAVE ONE
PROBLEM WITH ORGANIC FOODS.
((ORGANIC FOODS TEND TO COST
MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHY )) THEY
DO COST MORE.
((FOR EXAMPLE, THIS CONVENTIONAL
CUCUMBER CSTS TWO AND A HALF
DOLLARS. COMPARE THAT TO THIS
MUCH SMALLER, ORGANICALLY
GROWN CUCUMBER THAT COSTS THREE
DOLLARS)) THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT,
IF YOU CHOOSE TO EAT ONLY
ORGANIC FOODS, YOU MIGHT BUY
LESS FRESH PRODUCE.
(( IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S
NOT A GOOD CHOICE))
((IF IT COMES DOWN TO CHOOSING
BETWEEN EATING AND NOT EATING, I
THINK THAT THE NON-ORGANIC FOOD
IS FINE.))
ORGANIC AND NON-ORGANIC FOODS
ARE NUTRITIONALLY EQUIVALENT,
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS - KIDS
SHOULD EAT MORE OF THEM.
WHAT ABOUT HORMONES? SOME MILK
CONTAINERS SAY THAT THE COWS
WERE
NOT TREATED WITH GROWTH
HORMONES. DOES THAT MAKE THE
MILK SAFER?
NO. BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE ONLY
WORKS ON COWS, AND IT DOESN'T
CHANGE
THE QUALITY OF MILK. IF THERE'S
SOME IN THE MILK, 90 PERCENT IS
DESTROYED BY PASTEURIZATION AND
