Organicfoodonceconsideredsomethingthatonlyhealthfanaticsde?siredisnowaregularfeatureatmostsupermarkets.Andthathascreatedabitofadilemma.Ontheonehandyouhaveaconventionallygrownapple.Ontheotherhand，youhaveonethat'sorganic.Bothapplesarefirmshinyandred.Bothprovidevitaminsandfibreandbotharefreeoffatsodiumandcho?lesterol.

 Conventionallygrownfoodgenerallycostslessbutisorganicfoodabet?terchoice?Theadvantagesclaimedforsuchfoodoverconventionallygrownandsoldfoodproductsarenowbeingdebatedonalargescale.Supportersoforganicfood―atermwhosemeaningvariesgreatly―arefrequentlytellingtheworldthatsuchproductsaresaferandmorenutritiousthanothers.

 Thegrowinginterestofconsumersinthesafetyandnutritionalqualityofdailyfoodisawelcomedevelopment.Howevermuchofthisinteresthasbeenarousedbysweepingclaimsthattheconventionalfoodsupplyisunsafeorinad?equateinmeetingnutritionalneeds.

 Almostdailythepublicissurroundedbyclaimsfor"noaging"dietsnewvitaminsandotherwen3erfoods.Therearenumerousunsubstantiatedre?portsthatnaturalvitaminsaresuperiortomanmadeonesthatfertilizedeggsarenutritionallysuperiortounfertilizedeggsandthatuntreatedgrainsarebetterthanthosetreatedwithinsectsprayandthelike.

Althoughmostoftheseclaimsarenotsupportedbyscientificevidencelargeamountsofwrittenmaterialaboutthebenefitsoforganicfoodmakeitdifficultforpeopletoseparatefactfromfiction.Asaresultclaimsthateatingadietconsistingoforganicallygrownfoodpreventsorcuresdiseasesorpro?videsotherbenefitstohealthhavebecomewidelyadvertisedandformthebasisforpeople'sopinions.

 Onethingthatmostorganicallygrownfoodproductsseemtohaveincom?monisthattheycostmorethanconventionallygrownfood.Butinmanycasesconsumersaremislediftheybelieveorganicfoodcanmaintainhealthandpro?videbetternutritionalqualitythanconventionallygrownfood.Sothereisrealcauseforconcernifconsumersparticularlythosewithlimitedincomesdis?trusttheconventionalfoodsupplyandbuyonlyexpensiveorganicfoodin?stead.

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