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Organic Tomatoes Found to be Healthier

By KSEE Sales
February 21, 2013 Updated Feb 21, 2013 at 3:43 PM PDT

Here's another reason you should buy organic. Organic tomatoes apparently contain more nutrients, than the conventionally grown ones. A Brazilian study compared the weights and properties of tomatoes from organic and traditional farms.

Organic tomatoes were 40 percent smaller but contained higher concentrations of vitamin c, sugars and lycopene an anti-oxidant compound. Researchers speculate the increased stress that organic plants are put under may explain the differences.

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