有機蔬菜輸給普通菜 昂貴身價遭質疑

The organic 'back to nature' approach to gardening - doing away with artificial chemicals - will not deliver healthier or more tasty produce, it is claimed. A controversial new study from Which? Gardening suggests produce grown using modern, artificial, methods may well be better for you. Healthier: A controversial study says that produce grown using more modern methods may actually be better for you
　　有機水果以“最天然、無農藥、殺蟲劑”的宣傳標語成爲超市中“最昂貴、最燒錢”的水果，但是戴着“有機標籤”的蔬菜水果們是真的有營養麼？是真的值這個價錢？對得起他們昂貴的身價？所謂“有機水果”是指不添加任何農藥以及人工化學物的水果，理論上比普通的要健康，因爲，無公害嘛！但是，最新的研究表明，有機水果其實並不比普通水果高級多少，甚至也不會更健康，就連口感上也差不多。專家稱，用現代方法（使用正規農藥種植）的水果比那些有機水果更有營養、富含更豐富的維生素。

The claims follow a two year study growing potatoes, broccoli and tomatoes and will alarm producers and consumers who put their faith in natural food. Organic bodies have rejected the claims, insisting the trial was too small to offer meaningful results. However, they will come as a severe blow to the industry's reputation. The non-organic broccoli or calabrese was found to have significantly higher levels of antioxidants than the organically grown samples.

經過針對土豆、花椰菜；西蘭花還有西紅柿爲期2年的調查專家發現，有機水果所宣稱的高附加值大大折扣。然而，支持有機水果的人卻因實驗太小型而反對這個實驗結論，堅稱實驗不足以承擔那麼重的結論。而且，這個實驗結果會給有機工業的名譽帶來致命的打擊。然而，實驗中專家發現，“非有機”的西蘭花和花莖甘藍中的抗氧化劑含量比同類有機蔬果的含量要高得多！

Antioxidants are beneficial chemicals that are said to improve general health and help prevent cancer. The research found the non-organic potatoes contained more Vitamin C than the organic crop. While a panel of expert tasters found that the non-organically grown tomatoes had a stronger tomato flavour and were slightly sweeter than the organic samples. Some 30per cent of the population regularly buy organic produce with sales put at ?1.84 billion a year. At the same time, an increasingly number of families are choosing to grow veg and fruit using organic methods.

抗氧化劑作爲一種能改善健康、幫助防止癌症的物質，也是一種能夠消除氧化過程對身體帶來的損害的物質,是具有一個多餘的自由電子，具有在自由基奪取細胞內分子的電子之前與自由基結合。研究小組發現，“非有機”土豆中富含的維生素C含量要大大超過普通的同類水果。如果撇開維生素C含量來看，研究人員還發現“非有機”的西紅柿的口感比有機西紅柿好得多，更甜、更有西紅柿的味道。從購買有機水果的人羣上看，喜歡有機水果的人越來越多，據統計，有30%的人經常購買有機產品，每年花費近2億英鎊。也有越來越多的家庭更喜歡自己用有機的方法種植水果。