Organic food—eat the emotion, but question the evidence.

An editorial in this week’s Lancet lets the air out of the organic food movement. There is little evidence that the nutritional value of ‘organic’ products is better than food raised by other means,  but If one wants to buy organic food, do so because it might be fresher and taste better, contain less chemical residues, and is kinder to farmed animals. You have to decide if the price is worth the meal.