Is it just wishful thinking that organic vegetables really are better for you than vegetables  nurtured on chemical fertilisers and drenched in lethal insecticides? No, apparently not.

A study published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry suggests that drenching plants in nitrogenous fertilisers and pesticides encourages them, effectively, to be lazy…

A plant (a tomato in this instance) which has to protect itself against pests and diseases needs to produce a higher level of polyphenols to combat their onslaughts than a plant that is protected by insecticides and nitrogeous fertilisers. And, if we eat that plant we get the benefit of its increased activity and its resulting higher levels of antioxidants – just what we need to maintain good health and protect ourselves from conditions such as cancer….

Knew it…….