Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Faculty of Agriculture

Impacts of Organic Food Consumption on Health

Practical Resources

Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture [PDF – 1.9 MB]
- European Parliamentary Research Service. 2016
Identifying Smart Food Choices on the Path to Healthier Diets [PDF - 1.2 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2011
Organic Farming for Health & Prosperity
- Organic Farming Research Foundation. 2012
That First Step: Organic Food and a Healthier Future [PDF - 2.6 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2009
Transforming Jane Doe's Diet [PDF - 999 kB]
- The Organic Center. 2011

Scientific Results

Eat organic – Feel good? The relationship between organic food consumption, health concern and subjective wellbeing
- Food Quality and Preference (2017) 63: 51-62
Effect of Chronic Treatment with Conventional and Organic Purple Grape Juices (Vitis labrusca) on Rats Fed with High-Fat Diet
- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (2013) 1123-1133
Effect of organic school meals to promote healthy diet in 11–13 year old children. A mixed methods study in four Danish public schools
- Appetite (2012) 59: 866-876
Feeding trials in organic food quality and health research
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010) 90: 175-182
Health biomarkers in a rat model after intake of organically grown carrots
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2936-2943
Health and immune responses in a rat model after intake of organically or conventionally grown foods
- Organic Eprints. 2012
Health effects of an organic diet—consumer experiences in the Netherlands
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2923-2927
Impact of organic and conventional carrots on intestinal and peripheral immunity
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2913-2922
Influence of organic diet on the amount of conjugated linoleic acids in breast milk of lactating women in the Netherlands
- British Journal of Nutrition (2007) 97: 735–743
Nutrition-related health effects of organic foods: a systematic review
- American Journal for Clinical Nutrition (2010) 92: 203-210
Organic food and health – status and future perspectives
- Organic Eprints. 2005
Organic food and the impact on human health
- Food Science and Nutrition (2017) eArticle:1-11
Organic Food Consumption during Pregnancy and Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism at Birth: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
- Environmental Health Perspectives (2016) 124: 357–364
Organic food consumption during pregnancy and its association with health-related characteristics: the KOALA Birth Cohort Study

Public Health Nutrition (2017) 20: 2134-2144
Organic Foods: Health and Environmental Advantages and Disadvantages
- Pediatrics (2012) 130: e1406-e1415
Organically Grown Food Provides Health Benefits to Drosophila melanogaster
- PLoS ONE (2013) 8(1): e52988
Prospective association between consumption frequency of organic food and body weight change, risk of overweight or obesity: results from the NutriNet-Santé Study
- British Journal of Nutrition (2017) 117: 325-334
Reduction in urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolites in adults after a week-long organic diet
- Environmental Research (2014) 132: 105-111

For additional information on the health impacts of organic products, please see the Comparisons of the Nutritional Characteristics of Organic and Conventionally Grown Foods page.

Dalhousie University

Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Impacts of Organic Food Consumption on Health

Practical Resources

Scientific Results

For additional information on the health impacts of organic products, please see the Comparisons of the Nutritional Characteristics of Organic and Conventionally Grown Foods page.