{"id":34635,"date":"2020-05-01T09:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?p=34635"},"modified":"2020-05-01T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:09:51","slug":"coronavirus-pandemic-leads-to-spike-in-demand-for-organic-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2020\/05\/coronavirus-pandemic-leads-to-spike-in-demand-for-organic-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Pandemic Leads To Spike In Demand For Organic Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Demand for organic and sustainable food is on the rise as the coronavirus crisis causes consumers to look to healthier options to boost their immunity, according to research firm Ecovia Intelligence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>COMMENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Scientific research is increasingly confirming the health benefits of organic food. In 2014, in what is arguably\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jul\/11\/organic-food-more-antioxidants-study\">the most comprehensive analysis to date<\/a>, an international team led by Professor Carlo Leifert from Newcastle University in the UK found that it contains up to 69 percent more of key antioxidants than regular food, as well as lower levels of toxic metals and pesticides. Based on an analysis of 343 peer-reviewed studies from around the world, Leifert\u2019s findings destroyed the myth that organic food is nutritionally indistinguishable from that produced using pesticides.<\/p>\n<p>Other studies back up Leifert\u2019s work. For\u00a0example, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Science\/French-study-says-organic-food-is-healthier\">review published in 2009<\/a> by the French Food Agency AFSSA showed that organic food contains higher levels of minerals, such as iron and magnesium, as well as more antioxidants. Similarly, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/science\/science-news\/3352537\/Organic-fruit-has-more-vitamin-C-study-finds.html\">study<\/a>\u00a0published in 2007 found that organic carrots, apples and peaches contain increased amounts of vitamin C and flavonoids. Scientists analyzing organic tomatoes have repeatedly made comparable findings and confirmed they have more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-2281876\/Organic-tomatoes-really-ARE-healthier-contain-vitamin-C.html\">vitamin C<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutraingredients.com\/Research\/Organic-tomatoes-have-higher-antioxidant-value-suggests-study\/\">phenolic compounds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/health\/6272634.stm\">flavonoids<\/a>\u00a0than their conventionally grown counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the health benefits of organic food, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2015\/10\/scientific-research-increasingly-confirming-the-health-benefits-of-organic-food\/\">this article<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n<a class=\"button  button_left button_size_2 button_js\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialityfoodmagazine.com\/news\/organic-and-sustainable-foods-receive-coronavirus-boost\" target=\"_blank\"    ><span class=\"button_icon\"><i class=\"icon-right-open-big\" ><\/i><\/span><span class=\"button_label\">Read article at specialityfoodmagazine.com (UK)<\/span><\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand for organic and sustainable food is on the rise as the coronavirus crisis causes consumers to look to healthier options to boost their immunity, according to research firm Ecovia Intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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