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Kurzgesagt (In a Nutshell), Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?

Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?

Over the last few years,

organic food has spread like wildfire.

Despite higher prices,

buying organic is turning from an alternative

into a moral and social responsibility.

Organic food is supposedly healthier

more natural and more ethical.

But what do we even mean when we say organic?

There's no global consensus,

so different regions have different definitions and rules.

In general,

organic food is farmed without GMO seeds,

synthetic fertilizers,

or synthetic pesticides.

Instead,

organic farmers use more traditional ways of producing food,

like crop rotation,

and use organic fertilizers

such as compost or manure.

While the motivation to buy organic food is clearly noble,

is it actually effective

or just another costly trend we can skip

without feeling guilty?

[Music]

Is organic food healthier?

One idea associated with organic crops

is that their natural cultivation

is supposed to make them more nutritious and healthier.

Indeed,

several studies found that organic foods contain more antioxidants.

Plants produce them as a sort of homemade pesticide.

Organic plants seem to have to work a little harder,

while regular plants have plenty of help from humans.

Antioxidants are believed to have some health benefits,

although scientists are still on the fence about them in general.

We have no idea if and how exactly they help us,

or how much produce you'd have to eat to absorb a certain amount.

What about organic being more nutritious?

Well, the evidence is mixed.

Some studies found

that organic food can have slightly higher concentrations of vitamin C,

and omega-3 fatty acids,

while others did not find significant differences.

Overall, the mixed evidence

suggests that there are only small differences in nutritional value.

So, from the science available so far,

it doesn't look like organic food has significant health benefits.

What we do know,

is that eating fruit and veggies in general is good for you,

and most of us don't do that enough.

Eating veggies is more important for your health

than how they were produced.

Is organic food more natural?

People don't only buy organic to get extra vitamins,

but to avoid something toxic;

artificial pesticides and fertilizers.

And indeed several studies show

that there actually is less pesticide residue on organic produce.

But here's where things get complicated.

Less pesticide does not mean none at all.

While pesticides are supposed to be a last resort in organic farming,

they're not forbidden.

Most organic pesticides are natural toxins,

like vegetable oils,

hot ash soap,

sulfur or copper sulfates.

But there are synthetic substances as well.

What's the difference between organic and regular pesticides?

Not a lot actually.

Organic pesticides

are not necessarily safer than conventional ones.

Toxic is toxic.

No matter if the substance is manufactured,

or derived from nature.

In fact,

in the case of copper sulfate,

often used on organic apples,

the organic pesticide of choice

is actually more harmful to humans.

The toxicity of any substance

depends on its concentration

and your exposure to it --

not if it's natural or not.

There are a few recent studies

about how our current level of pesticide exposure

affects our long-term health.

The 2018 study from France

associated never eating organic food

with a higher risk of certain cancers.

The study was criticized a lot though.

The participants reported their dietary habits themselves,

while no actual tests of pesticide levels in their bodies were done.

Complicating things even more,

a Danish study from 2018

found that the danger from pesticides for an adult

was similar to drinking a glass of wine every three months.

The pesticides on your vegetables

are nothing to lose sleep over.

Despite this,

we should continue to demand strict standards for our food.

All pesticides are regulated and tested very strictly

in the EU and the US.

Every year,

thousands of food samples are screened for pesticides.

The majority of samples have no residues

or just a fraction of the tolerance level.

Right now,

contamination from bacteria and fungi

is much more dangerous.

And, on this front,

the risk is the same --

be it organic or regular food.

Is organic food better for the environment?

In 2017, a meta-analysis

looked at organic farming in detail

and analyzed organic and regular foods

from over 700 production sources,

and their impact on categories like greenhouse gas emissions,

energy consumption,

and land needs.

The result?

No production method is clearly better for the environment.

Organic systems use less energy than conventional ones,

but have similar greenhouse gas emissions.

Organic farms use less pesticide,

but need much more land to produce the same amount of crop.

These mixed results were also confirmed

by a report from the Swedish food agency.

Organic and regular were equal in most regards.

The biggest difference was land use.

And here conventional farming clearly won,

and ecotoxicity

where organic farming has a clear advantage.

So, according to these results,

conventional farming

actually has a little bit less impact on the environment

compared to organic.

The bottom line is

organic food isn't superior to regular produce

as far as we know.

But, organic agriculture also has an impact at a broader level.

Demand is rising constantly,

and the struggle to supply the market

can lead to production methods that are less sustainable in other ways.

Spain, for example,

grows tons of regular and organic vegetables

destined for export

in vast greenhouse areas which use a lot of energy.

And have other environmental impacts,

such as significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions.

And, because growing demand can't be covered by domestic production,

the global trade and organic foods is also increasing.

As supply chains get more and more complex,

to make all kinds of foods available in organic quality,

ensuring organic quality standards

and regulations gets ever more difficult.

This has led to incidences of fraud

where conventional food was labeled and sold

as expensive organic produce.

But, organic versus conventional food

isn't even an objective discussion.

Organic is not simply a production method.

For many, it's an ideology.

Buying organic feels right.

People want to do the correct thing for the health of their children,

and the well-being of the planet.

But, our instinct to think of organic as good,

and conventional as bad,

can get in the way of making the most reasonable decision.

The solution could be to stop seeing organic

and conventional farming as irreconcilable.

They both have pros and cons,

and the best way to produce healthy food efficiently

would be a combination of their best features.

And,

as for your personal shopping,

what food you should buy

depends on what you expect from it.

If you simply want to eat healthily,

you should buy more fruit and vegies of any kind,

not necessarily organic.

If your concern is for the environment,

then simply buying organic won't solve this problem for you.

The easiest option,

is to buy local food that's in season.

Basically,

seasonal is the true organic.

To sum up,

an organic label is a manufacturing notice,

not a security certificate

or a silver bullet for your diet.

What you eat

is much more important than how its produced.

Production is very important for our animations though.

We make them with a lot of love and care,

and the best thing is

you can learn how to do them.

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Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam? |||||||modisch|Betrug ||||||||詐欺 Ist Bio wirklich besser? Gesunde Lebensmittel oder trendige Masche? ¿Es realmente mejor lo ecológico? ¿Comida sana o estafa de moda? Le bio est-il vraiment meilleur ? Aliments sains ou escroquerie à la mode ? Il biologico è davvero meglio? Cibo sano o truffa alla moda? オーガニックは本当に良いのか?健康食品か、流行りの詐欺か? 유기농이 정말 더 좋을까? 건강한 음식인가 아니면 유행에 편승한 사기인가? Ar tikrai ekologiški produktai yra geresni? Sveikas maistas ar madinga apgavystė? Is biologisch echt beter? Gezond voedsel of trendy oplichterij? Czy żywność ekologiczna jest naprawdę lepsza? Zdrowa żywność czy modne oszustwo? Os produtos biológicos são realmente melhores? Comida saudável ou fraude da moda? Действительно ли органическое лучше? Здоровая пища или модная афера? Organik Gerçekten Daha mı İyi? Sağlıklı Gıda mı, Moda Dolandırıcılığı mı? Чи справді органіка краща? Здорова їжа чи модна афера? Hữu cơ có thực sự tốt hơn? Thực phẩm lành mạnh hay Lừa đảo thời thượng? 有机真的更好吗?健康食品还是时尚骗局? 有機真的更好嗎?健康食品還是時尚騙局?

Over the last few years, Trong vài năm gần đây,

organic food has spread like wildfire. |||||yangın gibi thực phẩm hữu cơ đã lan rộng như cháy rừng.

Despite higher prices, Trotz höherer Preise|| ||fiyatlar Yüksek fiyatlara rağmen, Mặc dù giá cao hơn,

buying organic is turning from an alternative organik satın almak bir alternatif olmaktan çıkıyor mua hữu cơ đang chuyển từ một sự thay thế

into a moral and social responsibility. ahlaki ve sosyal bir sorumluluğa dönüştürür. thành trách nhiệm đạo đức và xã hội.

Organic food is supposedly healthier |||angeblich| Thực phẩm hữu cơ được cho là tốt cho sức khỏe hơn

more natural and more ethical. ||||etik tự nhiên hơn và đạo đức hơn.

But what do we even mean when we say organic? ||||überhaupt||||| Aber was meinen wir überhaupt, wenn wir Bio sagen? Mais qu'entendons-nous par "biologique" ? しかし、私たちが有機と言う時、実際には何を意味しているのでしょうか? Nhưng chúng ta thậm chí có ý nghĩa gì khi chúng ta nói hữu cơ?

There's no global consensus, |||Es gibt keinen globalen Konsens. 国際的な合意は存在しないため、 Không có sự đồng thuận toàn cầu,

so different regions have different definitions and rules. |||||Definitionen und Regeln|| 地域ごとに異なる定義とルールがあります。 vì vậy các khu vực khác nhau có các định nghĩa và quy tắc khác nhau.

In general, Nói chung,

organic food is farmed without GMO seeds, |||||转基因生物| |||angebaut||GVO-Samen| |||tarım yapılmış||GDO| |||||遺伝子組み換え| thực phẩm hữu cơ được nuôi trồng không có hạt biến đổi gen,

synthetic fertilizers, 合成的|化肥 synthetisch|synthetische Düngemittel sentetik|gübreler |肥料 phân bón tổng hợp,

or synthetic pesticides. ||pestisitler hoặc thuốc trừ sâu tổng hợp.

Instead,

organic farmers use more traditional ways of producing food, nông dân hữu cơ sử dụng các cách sản xuất thực phẩm truyền thống hơn,

like crop rotation, |Fruchtfolge|Fruchtfolge

and use organic fertilizers và sử dụng phân hữu cơ

such as compost or manure. ||Kompost||Dünger ||gübre|| ||||肥料 堆肥や肥料のような。

While the motivation to buy organic food is clearly noble, |||||||||edel |||||||||soylu オーガニック食品を購入する動機は明らかに高尚ですが、 Organik gıda satın alma motivasyonunun asil olduğu açıktır,

is it actually effective 実際に効果があるのでしょうか gerçekten etkili mi nó có thực sự hiệu quả không

or just another costly trend we can skip |||kostspielige||||überspringen |||||||atlayabiliriz |||高価な|||| ou juste une autre tendance coûteuse que nous pouvons ignorer ya da atlayabileceğimiz başka bir maliyetli trend hoặc chỉ là một xu hướng tốn kém khác mà chúng ta có thể bỏ qua

without feeling guilty? ||ohne Schuldgefühle suçluluk hissetmeden? mà không cảm thấy tội lỗi?

[Music]

Is organic food healthier? Thực phẩm hữu cơ có tốt cho sức khỏe hơn không?

One idea associated with organic crops Một ý tưởng liên quan đến cây trồng hữu cơ

is that their natural cultivation ||||栽培 đó là canh tác tự nhiên của họ

is supposed to make them more nutritious and healthier. onları daha besleyici ve sağlıklı hale getirmesi beklenir. được cho là làm cho chúng bổ dưỡng hơn và khỏe mạnh hơn.

Indeed,

several studies found that organic foods contain more antioxidants. ||||||||抗氧化剂 ||||||||Antioxidantien ||||||||抗酸化物質 Çeşitli çalışmalar organik gıdaların daha fazla antioksidan içerdiğini ortaya koymuştur. một số nghiên cứu cho thấy thực phẩm hữu cơ chứa nhiều chất chống oxy hóa hơn.

Plants produce them as a sort of homemade pesticide. ||||||||杀虫剂 |||||||hausgemacht| ||||||||pestisit ||||||||農薬 Pflanzen produzieren sie als eine Art hausgemachtes Pestizid. Les plantes les produisent comme une sorte de pesticide maison. Bitkiler bunları bir tür ev yapımı pestisit olarak üretir.

Organic plants seem to have to work a little harder, Les plantes biologiques semblent devoir travailler un peu plus dur, Organik bitkilerin biraz daha fazla çalışması gerekiyor gibi görünüyor,

while regular plants have plenty of help from humans. Normal bitkiler ise insanlardan bolca yardım alır.

Antioxidants are believed to have some health benefits,

although scientists are still on the fence about them in general. ||||||unentschlossen|||| ||||||迷っている|||| obwohl die Wissenschaftler immer noch unschlüssig sind, was sie im Allgemeinen angeht. Her ne kadar bilim insanları genel olarak bu konuda hala kararsız olsalar da.

We have no idea if and how exactly they help us, Bize tam olarak yardımcı olup olmadıkları ve nasıl yardımcı oldukları konusunda hiçbir fikrimiz yok,

or how much produce you'd have to eat to absorb a certain amount. oder wie viele Produkte man essen muss, um eine bestimmte Menge aufzunehmen.

What about organic being more nutritious? ¿Y que lo ecológico es más nutritivo? Organik olanın daha besleyici olmasına ne dersiniz?

Well, the evidence is mixed.

Some studies found

that organic food can have slightly higher concentrations of vitamin C, |||||||konsantrasyonları|||

and omega-3 fatty acids, |欧米伽|脂肪酸|

while others did not find significant differences. ||||||Unterschiede

Overall, the mixed evidence

suggests that there are only small differences in nutritional value.

So, from the science available so far, Yani, şu ana kadarki bilime göre,

it doesn't look like organic food has significant health benefits.

What we do know, Bildiklerimiz,

is that eating fruit and veggies in general is good for you, |||||蔬菜|||||| |||||Gemüse|||||| est que manger des fruits et des légumes en général est bon pour la santé,

and most of us don't do that enough.

Eating veggies is more important for your health

than how they were produced. als wie sie|||| als wie sie produziert wurden. que la manière dont ils ont été produits.

Is organic food more natural?

People don't only buy organic to get extra vitamins, İnsanlar sadece ekstra vitamin almak için organik satın almıyor,

but to avoid something toxic; ama zehirli bir şeyden kaçınmak için;

artificial pesticides and fertilizers.

And indeed several studies show

that there actually is less pesticide residue on organic produce. ||||||Rückstände||| ||||||残留物||| organik ürünlerde aslında daha az pestisit kalıntısı vardır.

But here's where things get complicated. |||şeyler||

Less pesticide does not mean none at all.

While pesticides are supposed to be a last resort in organic farming, ||||||||son çare||| In der ökologischen Landwirtschaft sollen Pestizide das letzte Mittel sein,

they're not forbidden. ||nicht verboten ||禁止されていない

Most organic pesticides are natural toxins, |||||Gifte |||||毒素

like vegetable oils, ||Öle ||yağlar |野菜| comme les huiles végétales,

hot ash soap, savon à base de cendres chaudes,

sulfur or copper sulfates. 硫磺|||硫酸盐 Schwefel||Kupfer|Sulfate kükürt|||sülfatlar ||銅|

But there are synthetic substances as well. ||||Aber es gibt auch synthetische Substanzen.|| ||||物質||

What's the difference between organic and regular pesticides? ||||||herkömmlich|

Not a lot actually. Çok değil aslında.

Organic pesticides

are not necessarily safer than conventional ones.

Toxic is toxic.

No matter if the substance is manufactured, Maddenin üretilip üretilmediği önemli değildir,

or derived from nature. ya da doğadan türetilmiştir.

In fact,

in the case of copper sulfate, |||||硫酸盐 |||||Kupfersulfat |||||sülfat |||||硫酸塩 |||||sulfat

often used on organic apples,

the organic pesticide of choice

is actually more harmful to humans.

The toxicity of any substance |毒性||| |Die Toxizität||| |toksisite||| |毒性|||

depends on its concentration

and your exposure to it --

not if it's natural or not.

There are a few recent studies Yakın zamanda yapılmış birkaç çalışma var

about how our current level of pesticide exposure mevcut pestisit maruziyet seviyemizin

affects our long-term health.

The 2018 study from France Fransa'da 2018 yılında yapılan çalışma

associated never eating organic food in Verbindung mit dem Verzicht auf Bio-Lebensmittel associé au fait de ne jamais manger d'aliments biologiques asla organik gıda yememekle ilişkili

with a higher risk of certain cancers. belirli kanserlere yakalanma riskinin daha yüksek olması.

The study was criticized a lot though.

The participants reported their dietary habits themselves, ||||饮食习惯|| ||berichteten|||| ||||食事の|| Die Teilnehmer berichteten selbst über ihre Ernährungsgewohnheiten, Les participants ont déclaré eux-mêmes leurs habitudes alimentaires,

while no actual tests of pesticide levels in their bodies were done. während die Pestizidkonzentration in ihren Körpern nicht untersucht wurde. alors qu'aucun test n'a été effectué sur les niveaux de pesticides présents dans leur organisme.

Complicating things even more, 更复杂的是||| Die Dinge komplizierend||| さらに複雑にする||| Это еще больше усложняет ситуацию, İşleri daha da karmaşıklaştırıyor,

a Danish study from 2018 |丹麦的|| |dänisch||

found that the danger from pesticides for an adult ||||||||Erwachsenen

was similar to drinking a glass of wine every three months. |||||||Wein|||

The pesticides on your vegetables Sebzelerinizdeki pestisitler

are nothing to lose sleep over. sind nichts, worüber man sich den Kopf zerbrechen müsste. Il n'y a pas de quoi s'endormir. uykunuzu kaçıracak bir şey değil.

Despite this,

we should continue to demand strict standards for our food. |||||strenge||||

All pesticides are regulated and tested very strictly |||geregelt||||sehr streng |||規制された||||

in the EU and the US.

Every year,

thousands of food samples are screened for pesticides. |||||untersucht|| |||||taramadan geçirilir|| |||||ふるいにかけられた||

The majority of samples have no residues ||||||残留物 ||||||Rückstände ||||||kalıntılar ||||||残留物

or just a fraction of the tolerance level. ||||||Toleranzgrenze| ||||||tolerans| ||||||許容範囲|

Right now,

contamination from bacteria and fungi 污染|||| kontaminasyon||||

is much more dangerous.

And, on this front, |an dieser Stelle||

the risk is the same --

be it organic or regular food.

Is organic food better for the environment?

In 2017, a meta-analysis ||meta analiz|

looked at organic farming in detail

and analyzed organic and regular foods |analysierte||||

from over 700 production sources,

and their impact on categories like greenhouse gas emissions, ||||Kategorien|||| ||||||sera||

energy consumption, Energieverbrauch|

and land needs.

The result?

No production method is clearly better for the environment.

Organic systems use less energy than conventional ones,

but have similar greenhouse gas emissions.

Organic farms use less pesticide,

but need much more land to produce the same amount of crop.

These mixed results were also confirmed |||||证实 |||||bestätigt

by a report from the Swedish food agency. |||||瑞典的|| |||||||Behörde

Organic and regular were equal in most regards. ||||gleich|||Hinsichten Orgânico e regular foram iguais na maioria dos aspectos. Organik ve normal ürünler çoğu açıdan eşitti.

The biggest difference was land use.

And here conventional farming clearly won,

and ecotoxicity |及生态毒性 |und Ökotoxizität |ekotoksisite |生態毒性 |và độc tính sinh

where organic farming has a clear advantage.

So, according to these results,

conventional farming geleneksel tarım

actually has a little bit less impact on the environment aslında çevre üzerinde biraz daha az etkisi vardır

compared to organic.

The bottom line is

organic food isn't superior to regular produce

as far as we know.

But, organic agriculture also has an impact at a broader level. |||||||||breiterem| Die ökologische Landwirtschaft hat aber auch Auswirkungen auf einer breiteren Ebene.

Demand is rising constantly,

and the struggle to supply the market

can lead to production methods that are less sustainable in other ways. |||生产方式|||||||| ||||||||nachhaltigeren||| |||||||||||yollar

Spain, for example,

grows tons of regular and organic vegetables |||常规|||

destined for export für den Export bestimmt||für den Export

in vast greenhouse areas which use a lot of energy.

And have other environmental impacts, ||||Und haben andere Umweltauswirkungen.

such as significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions.

And, because growing demand can't be covered by domestic production, ||||||||inländische Produktion| Und weil die wachsende Nachfrage nicht durch die heimische Produktion gedeckt werden kann,

the global trade and organic foods is also increasing. ||Welthandel||||||

As supply chains get more and more complex, ||Lieferketten||||| ||サプライチェーン|||||

to make all kinds of foods available in organic quality,

ensuring organic quality standards Sicherstellung||| 確保する|||

and regulations gets ever more difficult. |yönetmelikler||||

This has led to incidences of fraud ||||欺诈事件|| ||||Fälle von Betrug||Betrug ||||vakalar|| ||||詐欺の事例||

where conventional food was labeled and sold ||||gekennzeichnet|| ||||etiketli|| ||||ラベル付けされた|| wo konventionelle Lebensmittel etikettiert und verkauft wurden

as expensive organic produce. als teure Bioprodukte.

But, organic versus conventional food ||Aber, Bio gegen konventionelle Lebensmittel||

isn't even an objective discussion. ||ein|sachliche Diskussion|

Organic is not simply a production method.

For many, it's an ideology. ||||对许多人来说,这是一种意识形态。 ||||Für viele ist es eine Ideologie.

Buying organic feels right.

People want to do the correct thing for the health of their children,

and the well-being of the planet.

But, our instinct to think of organic as good, ||Instinkt|||||| Aber wir denken instinktiv, dass Bio gut ist,

and conventional as bad,

can get in the way of making the most reasonable decision. |||||||||vernünftig| können einer vernünftigen Entscheidung im Wege stehen.

The solution could be to stop seeing organic Die Lösung könnte darin bestehen, keine organischen

and conventional farming as irreconcilable. ||||不可调和 ||||unvereinbar ||||uzlaşmaz ||||không thể hòa giải und konventionelle Landwirtschaft als unvereinbar. そして、従来の農業は和解できないものとして。

They both have pros and cons, |||优点|和|缺点 |||Vorteile||Nachteile |||artılar|| 両者には利点と欠点があります。

and the best way to produce healthy food efficiently ||||||||effizient そして、健康的な食べ物を効率的に生産する最善の方法

would be a combination of their best features.

And,

as for your personal shopping, Was deine persönlichen Einkäufe betrifft,||||

what food you should buy

depends on what you expect from it. ondan ne beklediğinize bağlıdır.

If you simply want to eat healthily, ||||||gesund ||||||健康的に

you should buy more fruit and vegies of any kind, ||||||蔬菜||| ||||||Gemüse||| ||||||野菜|||

not necessarily organic.

If your concern is for the environment,

then simply buying organic won't solve this problem for you.

The easiest option,

is to buy local food that's in season.

Basically,

seasonal is the true organic. 季節の||||

To sum up, |Zusammengefasst| Zusammengefasst,

an organic label is a manufacturing notice, ein Bio-Siegel ist ein Herstellungshinweis, un label biologique est un avis de fabrication,

not a security certificate

or a silver bullet for your diet. ||Wundermittel|Wundermittel||| ou une solution miracle pour votre régime alimentaire.

What you eat

is much more important than how its produced.

Production is very important for our animations though. ||||||animasyonlar| Die Produktion ist jedoch sehr wichtig für unsere Animationen. La production est cependant très importante pour nos animations.

We make them with a lot of love and care,

and the best thing is

you can learn how to do them.

Kurzgesagt joined Skillshare,

our favorite online learning community for creators ||||||Schöpfer

with the three-part series of 2D animation classes.

Skillshare offers more than 25,000 classes on everything from film,

writing, design, and technology,

from skilled experts.

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