Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?

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"Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?: A Systematic Review"
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1355685

Well, they did say:

Limitation: Studies were heterogeneous and limited in number, and publication bias may be present.

and then

Conclusion: The published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods. Consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

This doesn't at all say anything about proving that organic food is NOT more nutritious. All it says is that different studies show different things, and taken as a whole do not provide strong enough evidence to make a claim.

Thus, both "organic food is more nutritious" and "organic food is NOT more nutritious" are unsubstantiated claims. According to this particular study.

So, basically, this study shouldn't have gained hardly any attention at all. It doesn't really say anything, what it does say is inconclusive, and it certainly doesn't settle any debate.

The most that it does is point out that those claiming organic food is more nutritious could be making unsubstantiated claims. But to proclaim that the opposite is true is violates one of the most basic rules of logic. I learned it in 10th grade.

These are professional news reporters? On the other hand, who are these people going around making strong claims that organic food is more nutritious? Just a bunch of monkeys in a big circus. All of them.

Personally, I take a more "radical" approach: the truth. I tell people that some evidence suggests that organic food is more nutritious, and some does not. Nutrition isn't even close to the main reason to buy organic food, anyway.