When it comes tohealthy eating一年的辩论已经持续了:你应该买啊rganic? There are several reasons you might consider going that route. Maybe you want to avoid residual pesticides found on conventional produce because you’re worried they could be unsafe. Maybe you think eating organic equals eating healthier. After all, there’s a健康光环around organic foods, which may bring to mind traditional family farms and are often tied to标签像“干净”，“绿色”和“自然”。
But the label (and price tag)doesn’t necessarily mean the food is healthier，本身。实际上是什么意思：水果，蔬菜，坚果和谷物是非基因修改(aka non-GMO), grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, and not irradiated (or treated with radiation to kill bacteria). Organic cows and chickens are not given any growth hormones, antibiotics or other drugs; they eat organic food and can access the outdoors.
“购买有机的信息是您想要没有化学物质的食物并与自然和谐相处的信息，”有机农民兼首席执行官杰夫·莫耶（Jeff Moyer）说Rodale Institute。But do these regulations make laying down extra bucks for organic products worth it, or are the differences in quality no big deal when it comes to your health, safety and other key concerns?
这个问题导致食品科学家，注册营养师和农民之间的辩论。一些研究表明，有机食品确实可能更营养，但是studies are mixedand the jury’s still out on whether or not they’re superior overall compared to conventionally grown foods, per a2019年食品科学技术趋势的评论。
As such, experts remain divided. Here, they opine on organic foods.
Toby Amidor, RD, Food Safety Consultant
Darlene Bellers, RD, Health Sciences Lecturer
Amanda A. Kostro Miller, RD
Jeff Moyer, organic farmer and CEO of the Rodale Institute
你应该买有机吗？
虽然由于财务，访问或其他原因，每个人并非总是可能的，但我建议您在可以最好地保护自己的健康和地球的情况下购买有机商品。当然，非有机食品中农药残留的水平在法律范围内，但即使是少量化学物质也可能影响您的健康，以及在传统食品上吃少量农药残留物的一生could add up。
使用非有机食品，evidence isn’t clearon what amount of residual pesticides is ‘unsafe.’ Logically speaking, an ideal diet would contain no pesticides or chemicals, which is why organic foods exist. But whether or not you should buy organicdepends on your budgetandpersonal values。
如果您负担不起有机的，那么您就不应该感到内gui或担心吃传统的农产品。对农药的担忧是有效的，但是避免吃水果和蔬菜可能比吃非有机水果和蔬菜更有害。
ARE ORGANIC FOODS SAFER OR HEALTHIER?
How we grow our food is directly related to our health. Organic foods are safer because they’re grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals. When many agricultural chemicals are sprayed on conventionally-grown crops, they remain in and on food andcan add to human illness。For example, glyphosate, the main ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, is labeled aprobable carcinogen由世界卫生组织（WHO）。
有机食品和常规食品都有大致相同的整体营养素，有机食品并不比非有机食品“更安全”或“更健康”。最新的农药数据计划（PDP）USDA的结果显示，测试的非有机产品样品中有99％以上的农药残留物远低于环境保护局（EPA）确定的水平，可安全食用。几乎一半的测试产品根本没有可检测的农药残留物。
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BUYING ORGANIC?
Buying organic保护您的健康通过从食物中去除有害化学物质。这也是一种生态意识的选择。Organic farming practicessupport biodiversity, reduce fossil fuel use and improve water and air quality. Many conventional farmers do implement sustainability practices. However, the use of pesticides, herbicides and salt-based fertilizers are inherently harmful to the Earth, not only in their implications for water, soil and air, but also in their impact on people.
我不认为购买有机和传统的收益更大。如果您关心可持续性，有机食品每单位土地更环保，但是当您考虑农场生产多少时，没有比传统农业更好(because organic farms produce less).
WHAT ARE THE DOWNSIDES OF BUYING ORGANIC?
Not everyone can access or afford organic foods, and ‘organic’ is often falsely equated with ‘healthy.’ For example, organic cookies are still cookies and provide很多空卡路里（就像非有机饼干一样）。
您应该总是购买有机食品吗？
环境工作组（EWG）提供了Dirty Dozen list, which shows the 12 fruits and vegetables that use the most pesticides and herbicides to grow, such as strawberries, spinach and kale. These are still within ‘safe’ levels regulated by the government, but I’d advise always buying organic if you can to lower your exposure.
这食用水果和任何类型蔬菜的健康益处远远超过了食用少量农药残留物的任何可能风险。因此，我相信您应该选择吃适合您生活方式的食物，无论它们是有机的，传统的，uglyor当地的。
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最终，专家同意一件事：根据您的预算，健康问题和价值观，您是否购买有机选择是个人选择，但您应该努力吃水果和蔬菜。
如果您想在预算中购买更多有机食品，请从Dirty Dozen list并考虑参观您的当地农民市场。贝勒斯说，由于运输时间较低，您的农产品可能会持续更长的时间，而且价格也可能更低。
但是，重要的是要记住：“您的首要任务应该是including a wide variety of wholesome foods in your diet是否有机。” Amidor说。
“如果您担心农产品中的农药，可以使用农药残留计算器from the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) to calculate just how much fresh produce you’d have to eat to ingest a harmful level of pesticide residue (according to USDA safety standards),” says Amidor.
