Expensive organic food isn't healthier and no safer than produce grown with pesticides, finds biggest study of its kind

Stanford University team find no evidence of added health benefits

Also found customers aren't always getting pesticide free produce when they buy organic

It comes at a premium price, but it seems organic food may not be worth shelling out for.

Researchers claim it is no more nutritious than food grown using pesticides and chemicals – and won’t benefit your health.

Many people pay as much as a third more for organic food in the belief that it is healthier and safer. However, Dr Dena Bravata and colleagues from Stanford University Medical Centre, California, found no clear evidence of any significant added health benefits.

They also found that there was no guarantee organic food would be pesticide-free – a key attraction for many consumers – though it did have lower levels.

Senior author Dr Bravata said: ‘There isn’t much difference between organic and conventional foods, if you’re an adult and making a decision based solely on your health.’

The results, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal, come from the biggest review yet of existing studies comparing the two types of food.  However, UK campaigners said the survey was not equipped to detect real differences.

Researchers sifted through thousands of papers looking into the health benefits of organic food.

The review included studies of people with organic and conventional diets, as well as research into nutrient levels, bacterial, fungal or pesticide contamination.

Researchers found no consistent differences in the vitamin content of various foods. They also found no difference in protein or fat content between organic and conventional milk.

They were also unable to identify specific fruits and vegetables for which organic appeared consistently to be the healthier choice.

Co-researcher Crystal Smith- Spangler, who is also an instructor of medicine at Stanford’s School of Medicine, said: ‘Some believe that organic food is always healthier and more nutritious. We were a little surprised that we didn’t find that.’

The researchers did find organic produce was 30 per cent less likely to be contaminated with pesticides than conventional fruit and vegetables, but not guaranteed to be pesticide-free, while pesticide levels of all foods came within the allowable safety limits.

Two studies of children found lower levels of pesticide residues in the urine of those on organic diets, though for all those studied the levels were below allowable safety thresholds.

A spokesman for the Soil Association said: ‘This US study, of limited application in Europe, found organic food helps people avoid pesticides in their food.

‘However, the scientific methodology used for the review, while suitable for comparing trials of medicines, is not right for comparing different crops.’

Organic farming may not be better for the environment, according to Oxford University scientists.

They found organic milk, cereals, and pork all generated higher greenhouse gas emissions than their conventionally farmed counterparts. Organic beef and olives produced lower emissions.

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Yeshiva student shot in Boro-Park

A serious incident of anti-Semitism took place in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, last week, when a young yeshiva student was shot and seriously wounded, according to reports in the Israeli news media.

The incident occurred when the boy was standing at the door of the yeshiva, in the early afternoon.

According to eyewitnesses, the shooting came from a building located in front of the yeshiva building, where some non-Jewish families also live.

Police collected evidence from passers-by, and started building their case. After a thorough search conducted in the apartments near the Jewish school building, a man was arrested after a gun was found in his home.

Investigators claimed that the man did not intentionally shoot the Jewish student, as he accidentally fired the weapon. However witnesses said the man pointed the gun at the young student.

Emergency rescue volunteers took the student, who was severely injured, to Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn located nearby.

Rebbi charged with manslaughter after leaving toddler in hot car

A teacher was arrested last week and charged with manslaughter after leaving a toddler in a hot car until he died.

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court has decided not to extend the remand of a resident of Modiin Illit, suspected of leaving the 4-year-old Chiam Boimel in a car for hours, leading to the boy's death.

Police pleaded with the judge to extend the remand of Nachman Stitzer for five more days on Friday, but the court chose to put him under house arrest. Stitzer, 22, who works as a teacher, is suspected of negligent manslaughter.
The suspect broke down at the hearing.

During the custody hearing the prosecution also charged Stitzer of running an illegal school bus service, when the victim was left in his car.
The prosecution said that "In order to improve his livelihood, the suspect provided transportation to and from school on his way to work. The entire incident was due to negligence.
This is a private car which five or more children between the ages of three to four were transported. Some had seat belts on, others did not."

The suspect said he left the scene assuming that the child was no longer in the car, locked the car with a remote control and kept going.

 The suspect also said he usually goes to his car all day to get cigarettes, unfortunately, this did not happen on the day of the incident, since he had his cigarettes on his person so he did not return to the car all day."

The prosecution said the suspect was cooperating with the investigation and had pleaded guilty to the charges. It was also noted that the suspect "broke down" several times during the investigation.

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Bolivia Denies Bail Jacob Ostreicher

Jacob Ostreicher, a New York businessman, center, arrives to a court to attend his hearing in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo)

A Bolivian court denied bail this morning to Jacob Ostreicher, a Borough Park, Brooklyn resident who has been incarcerated without formal charges for more than a year. The bail hearing lasted nine grueling hours and was spread over two days while Jacob’s mother, a Holocaust survivor, sat through the entire process in the Bolivian courtroom along with her daughter, Jacob’s sister, both weeping uncontrollably.

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), who continues to advocate for Ostreicher, promised to re-double his efforts to set Jaob Ostreicher free.

“It’s inhumane the way Jacob has been treated,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “His human rights have been continually denied, his health is failing, and his family is suffering from his absence and mistreatment. We have to continue to bring attention to this travesty of justice. We have to demonstrate that Jacob Ostreicher’s life and freedom matter.”

The Assemblyman is organizing thousands of synagogues into action on behalf of Jacob Ostreicher this Shabbos, September 1st (14 Elul), Shabbos Ki Teitzei. Hundreds of thousands of Jews across America are expected to join in prayer and follow-up with calls and letters to elected officials.

The National Council of Young Israel, The Orthodox Union (OU) and The Rabbinical Alliance of America have all agreed to publicize Shabbos Ki Teitzei for Jacob Ostreicher to their rabbis, congregations and affiliates. Rabbis across America will be speaking about Ostreicher in their Sabbath addresses and leading special prayers on his behalf. Following the Sabbath, congregational membership will be encouraged to urge their Congressman to adopt Ostreicher’s cause.

“I believe Jacob Ostreicher is fully innocent of all wrong doings,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “Numerous media reports from WABC’s ‘Nightline’ to The Wall Street Journal concur that Jacob is being used as a political football; his family, needlessly traumatized by this on-going nightmare. And now, as feared, Jacob’s very life may be in danger. I am proud that Jews from across the country and all stripes of orthodoxy will be demonstrating their complete solidarity in this urgent matter. We cannot rest while Jacob is imprisoned.”

Jewish Student gets his mouth stapled and a nazi Salute in a vicious hate crime on college campus

Zach Tennen, 19, beaten unconscious at party close to Michigan State University

Teenager said attackers told him they were in the KKK 

Zach had surgery to have his jaw wired after vicious assault 

Police said assault was 'not likely a hate crime' but refused to elaborate

A college student was the victim of an alleged hate crime where he was beaten unconscious and had his mouth stapled while his attackers made anti-Semitic taunts. 

Zach Tennen, 19, was at a party close to Michigan State University campus in the early hours of Sunday when he was set upon by two men who he said asked if he was Jewish. 

The attackers, who claimed to be Ku Klux Klan, then raised their arms in a Nazi salute, saying 'Heil Hitler' and began hitting the teenager.

However East Lansing police said in a statement on Tuesday that the assault was 'not likely a hate crime'.

Investigators said a potential suspect has been identified. Police did not return calls asking for more details on the attack.

Zach told Local 4 that while he was passed out, the attackers managed to staple through his gums. 

He said: 'It was coming up in my two bottom teeth and it started in my gum, so, somehow they managed to staple it.'

His mother told the Detroit Free Press that around 20 people at the party watched the attack but no one helped her son. He was then thrown out of the party.

The teenager, of Franklin, Michigan, also has a broken jaw below his bottom teeth which will require being set with wire. 

His family contacted the Anti-Defamation League, an organization which fights anti-Semitism, on account of the assault. 

In a statement to MailOnline, ADL Detroit Regional Director Betsy Kellman said: 'We are horrified by this violent assault and allegations that the student may have been viciously attacked because he was Jewish.

We are confident that the East Lansing Police will thoroughly investigate this deeply troubling case and, given the allegations, treat it as a possible hate crime. We hope the perpetrators will be swiftly brought to justice.'

Zach, who graduated from Birmingham Groves High School last year and studies journalism at MSU, said he had drank alcohol at the party but only a small amount. 

After his attackers fled, he called a cab to take him to Lansing Sparrow Hospital.

The hospital did not call the police but said that it was standard policy to alert authorities if someone reported being a victim of assault. Zach later had surgery at a Detroit hospital to have his jaw wired shut.

Michigan State's Student Affairs and Services released this statement: 'Michigan State University's Student Affairs and Services office has reached out to the family of the student assaulted in East Lansing to provide the academic and other support the student needs. 

'MSU will work with the student and his professors to ensure he can fulfill his academic requirements, as we would with any student in need. 

'As the incident occurred off campus in East Lansing, all questions about the police investigation need to go the East Lansing Police Department.'

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Crazy Toldos Avraham Rabbi bans Israeli Soldier from davening in Beit Shemesh Shul

Time to stop funding these crazy lunatics .....
read this incredible story:

Ultra Orthodox Jews again attacked an Orthodox Jewish soldier for his crime of joining the Israeli military.

The Orthodox Jewish IDF soldier was expelled from the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Synagogue on Monday morning, in a neighborhood in the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel, after appearing for morning services dressed in his army uniform.

The local news media reported that the soldier came to the Synagogue, located on Chaazon Ish Street, around 10 am, looking to join the morning service there, as the Synagogue offers a late morning prayer session.

Before entering the synagogue, he sat outside the building. One of the Synagogue members told the soldier to "keep out."

He explained his warning that since he was wearing the uniform of the "Zionist State Army", he was not allowed entry to the Synagogue, whose members are ardent supporters of an anti-Zionist ideology.

The soldier, who was surprised by the strong order, obeyed.

However, a few minutes later, when he discovered that there was another prayer service being held at this late hour, he entered the Synagogue to pray. At this point, he was attacked by a man who

shouted: "Leave immediately you tainted soul,” as spectators stood by and did not come to the soldier’s aid.

The soldier, trying to avoid further embarrassment, went outside where he finished the morning prayers.
Condemnations were quick to come from all over the country for such a gross disrespect of a soldier in uniform. All he did was he wanted to pray to God.

The soldier, 27, is married and the father of two children.

The 600 Jewish rabbis that support Obama are "Israel Haters"

Obama proudly announced the support of more than 600 Jewish rabbis last week. However a closer look at those 600 rabbis reveals that quite a few of them a vehemently opposed to the Jewish state.

The reason behind Obama’s launch of "Rabbis for Obama” is an initiative to get more Jewish support for the president in the next election.

What has recently come to light, however, is that the list of more than 600 rabbis, many of whom are Reform, Conservative and female and therefore not considered as rabbis by the Orthodox Jewish community also includes many blatantly anti-Israeli figures, which align with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

Lynn Gottlieb, for example, met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and sits on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace, an organization that has been listed as one of the "Top Ten Anti-Israel groups" by the Anti-Defamation League.

According to the ADL, JVP "Calls for an end of U.S. aid to Israel, accuses Israel of apartheid policies, and supports divestment campaigns against Israel.” Like other Jewish anti-Zionist groups, JVP uses its Jewish identity to protect the anti-Israel accusations of anti-Semitism and provide a greater degree of credibility to their anti-Israel stance. JVP activists regularly attend anti-Israel events with shirts and posters that proudly spread their Jewish identity.

During March and April 2010, JVP leaders

unsuccessfully pushed for the passage of a divestment resolution at the University of California, Berkeley, aimed at companies that do business with Israel.

Another name on the list, Chava Bahle, a member of "14 Friends of Palestine", an organization that advocated to condemn Israel for the flotilla incident in Gaza in 2010 and falsely accuses Israel of preventing food and medical supplies to Gaza.
Another name on the list, Aruthur Waskow, is associated with the Council of American Islamic Relations, an organization that is also on the ADL list of the most anti-Israel groups.

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Green tea extract 'eradicates skin cancer with no side-effects'

A chemical found in green tea has been used to treat two types of skin cancer, scientists say.

The extract is too weak to make an impact when consumed in tea. However, when applied to cancer cells in the lab it made two-thirds of tumours shrink or disappear.

Scientists at the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, who carried out the research, found the extract, known as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), had no side-effects on other cells or tissue.

They created a cell with EGCg and transferrin, a protein that naturally targets and latches on to the surface of cancer cells, and applied it to tumours.

Tests were done on two types of skin cancer: epidermoid carcinoma which forms scales on the surface of the skin and melanoma which often develops in people who have moles on their skin.

In both studies, 40 per cent of tumours vanished, while 30 per cent of tumours in carcinoma cases and 20 per cent in melanoma cases shrank. A further 10 per cent of melanoma tumours were stabilised, so did not grow or shrink.

Around 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with melanoma each year, with the majority women, according to the Macmillan Cancer Support charity.

Anti-cancer properties of EGCg were established in earlier laboratory tests elsewhere. Scientists at other universities around the world have experimented with it to treat prostate cancer and leukaemia.

Lead researcher Dr Christine Dufes, from the University of Strathclyde, said: 'These are very encouraging results which we hope could pave the way for new and effective cancer treatments.

'When we used our method, the green tea extract reduced the size of many of the tumours every day, in some cases removing them altogether. By contrast, the extract had no effect at all when it was delivered by other means, as every one of these tumours continued to grow.

'This research could open doors to new treatments for what is still one of the biggest killer diseases in many countries.'

The research is published in the medical journal Nanomedicine.

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