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Elizabeth Cohen
CNN Senior Medical Correspondent


Elizabeth Cohen
CNN Senior Medical Correspondent

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We've all been there, in the produce department, trying to decide whether going organic is worth the cost.
Now a new study might help you make that decision.
It finds organic food has no extra vitamins or minerals than conventional produce, but there is a difference when it comes to pesticides.
Elizabeth Cohen has more.
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MANY PEOPLE SHELL OUT THE EXTRA MONEY FOR ORGANIC FOOD, FIGURING THAT IT MUST BE HEALTHIER FOR THEM.
BUT A NEW STUDY QUESTIONS THAT.
NOW IT'S A COMPLICATED STUDY, SO LET'S TAKE IT STEP-BY-STEP.
THIS STUDY LOOKED AT A LOT OF OTHER STUDIES, AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT ORGANIC FOOD HAS A 30-PERCENT LOWER RISK OF BEING CONTAMINATED BY PESTICIDES, SO THAT LOOKS GOOD.
AND ALSO, PEOPLE WHO EAT ORGANIC FOOD HAVE FEWER PESTICIDES IN THEIR BODY, AND THEY CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT URINE.
NOW GIVEN THOSE TWO THINGS YOU MIGHT THINK WELL IF I EAT ORGANIC, I'M GOING TO LIVE LONGER, OR BE LESS LIKELY TO GET SOME TERRIBLE DISEASE LIKE CANCER, BUT WHAT THE RESEARCHERS POINT OUT, IS THAT THERE AREN'T GREAT STUDIES SHOWING THAT PEOPLE WHO EAT ORGANIC LIVE LONGER, THAT HAVING FEWER PESTICIDES IN YOUR BODY WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE YOUR CHANCE OF HAVING SAY, CANCER, THOSE STUDIES JUST HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.
NOW THERE IS ONE GROUP THAT DESERVES SPECIAL CONSIDERATION, AND THAT'S PREGNANT WOMEN.
THERE ARE STUDIES SHOWING THAT PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF PESTICIDES IN THEIR BODIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO GIVE BIRTH TO BABIES THAT ARE LOWER BIRTH WEIGHT AND HAVE A LOWER IQ.
AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS DOES SAY, TRY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF PESTICIDES IN YOUR CHILD'S DIET.
ELIZABETH COHEN REPORTING.
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