Disclaimer: The following includes a compilation of select study results or other reference information regarding the relationship between citrus consumption or nutrient intake and various diseases or other health conditions. This compilation may not necessarily represent a review of the entire body of literature for the topic(s) addressed.
General Health
One serving of 100 percent orange or [...]
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This is monumental news day for the organic industry. The President’s Cancer Panel Report released today exhorts consumers to choose food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, antibiotics, and growth hormones to help decrease their exposure to environmental chemicals that can increase their risk of contracting cancer!
“Exposure to pesticides can be decreased by choosing, to [...]
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Uncle Matt’s responds to the article “Food for Thought: Organic Grub Worth Buying?” by Andrew Schneider. If you want to read the original article, click here.
“We at Uncle Matt’s believe, ‘Yes! Organic fruits and vegetables, as well as juices, are worth buying!’ The research done by Dr. Chenseng Lu at Emory University showing consistent pesticide [...]
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(NaturalNews) Organic foods can be considered to be better and healthier not only for the consumer but also for the environment. Organic foods are considered to be more nutrient dense than their counterparts produced via modern farming practices.
Dr. David Thomas, a physician and researcher, has studied and compared the United States government guidelines and tables [...]
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Why Organic Orange Juice?
Contributed by Matt McLean of Uncle Matt’s Organic, Inc.
Uncle Matt’s Organic is a fourth generation Florida citrus company founded in 1999. We offer organic Florida orange juice along with a variety of fresh citrus. Our family owned 400 acres of conventional citrus in the early ’80s, but the devastating freezes of 1983 [...]
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Many scientific teams in Europe are trying to develop reliable and affordable tests to differentiate between organic and conventional foods. For many crops, pesticide residue levels are considered the best way to make such a determination, but in the case of citrus, this approach is unreliable. In the Mediterranean region where most of Europe’s citrus [...]
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Posted in Health Benefits of Citrus on Jul 24th, 2009
LAS VEGAS—WebMD reports a flavonoid in orange juice called hesperidin improves blood vessel function and helps lower a person’s risk of heart disease. The findings will be presented this week at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
Twenty-four healthy men at risk for cardiovascular disease each drank either 500 milliliters [...]
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By Tom Sellen
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones) — So you think a glass of orange juice is not only healthy but easy on the environment? Not so fast. Nutritious, yes, but that glass of Florida sunshine leaves an unmistakable carbon footprint.
Concerned consumers do have choices. They can turn to more expensive organic products that are [...]
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Spain is the second leading producer in the world of mandarin oranges, and the main supplier of mandarin oranges and juice moving through international markets. A team of Spanish scientists grew conventional and organic oranges on the same farm, using the same irrigation methods and variety of tree. The study was carefully designed to eliminate [...]
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Check out The Organic Center’s new video, narrated by green living expert Sara Snow.
Want to know what it means to be organic? How do pesticides effect you? This video is an excellent explanation of the organic movement and how switching to organic food can benefit not only your health, but our planet.
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