Organic food prevents cancer? Do pesticides increase cancer risk and does eating organic vegetables lower cancer risk? A recent study reports that in people eating organic, cancer risk is ~25% lower. How believable is this organic food/cancer risk link? In this video I discuss whether eating organic truly prevents cancer.
References:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2707948
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20463045
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22944875
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07352689.2011.554355?casa_token=hpiynoZD2-EAAAAA:GSuVbGNLavL5_ne5uPVJQlq6ByMr41UJyJUbi2dzHLBKvdvDErZpBG2J2DGE1bRI0JR4_SEi40xTwGI
Dr. David Katz on organic food and cancer: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-eating-organic-prevent-cancer-david/
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