The Organic Effect: What Happens When You Switch to Organic Food

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Want to know what happens in your body when you switch from eating conventional food to organic? Watch this powerful 90 second video.

The study was conducted by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute IVL, and the full report is available here: https://www.coop.se/organiceffect
A family that doesn’t buy organic because of the cost eats only organic for two weeks.  In this 90 second video, the impact will astound you.

We need to refinance and restructure our food system. Instead of using taxpayer resources to finance a food system that has been genetically engineered to withstand increasing doses of herbicides, insecticides and pesticides, let’s refinance and structure a food system that makes organic food affordable to all who want it.

What is the purpose of this study ?

We wanted to know more about what happens in the body when switching from conventional to organic food. The result was so interesting that we made a film to share with the masses.  We want to inspire more people to eat organic – we think it's good for both people and the environment.

 

What are de result?

 

The study shows that choosing organic food can reduce the level of pesticides in the body. When the family switched to organic food, both the occurrence and the number of pesticides were reduced.

 

Who is behind this study?

 

Coop and researchers at the independent Swedish Environmental Research Institute performed the study together with the family. The full report is available here.

 

How was dthe family chosen?

 

All families are of course different. We looked for a family that many can identify with – one that eats like most families do today. We contacted a family that did not frequently eat much organic food, but that was interested in eating more.