The truth about organic food - according to science | Tim Spector

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What does "organic" food mean? And how do you know if something's organic?

Of course, foods tell you if they're organic in massive letters on the packaging. And they cost way more. But what makes food organic? Is eating organic better for your health? And are the benefits worth the expense?

Luckily, Professor Tim Spector is here today with answers. Tim is one of the world's top 100 most cited scientists, a scientific co-founder of ZOE, and the author of the bestselling book Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well.

Stick around until the end, and you'll also find out the answer to a question we get often: Does Tim eat organic?

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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:21- Quickfire round
01:21 - What is organic food?
01:52 - Pesticides vs insecticides
06:56 - Diseases
09:15 - Herbicide risks
14:51 - Nutrient comparison
18:06 - Natural chemical defenses
19:05 - Does Tim Eat Organic Food?
20:44 - Foods high in chemicals
24:08 - Organic and cost
24:47 - Washing food
29:14 - Summary and Outro

Books:
Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati: https://amzn.to/4blJsLg
Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector: https://amzn.to/4amZinu

Studies mentioned:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Organic food consumption and the incidence of cancer in a large prospective study of women in the United Kingdom from the British Journal of Cancer

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Association of frequency of organic food consumption with cancer risk from JAMA Internal Medicine

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/a... Impacts of dietary exposure to pesticides on faecal microbiome metabolism in adult twins from Environmental Health Journal


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