A Sydney doctor has found that pesticides in non-organic food are killing good bacteria in the bowel.
Previously cited by scientists that there's no significant difference between consuming organic and non-organic food, Dr Donohoe has found that actually there is.
Agricultural pesticides found in most supermarket food, harm bacteria in the gut that creates an imbalance, contributing to obesity and poor general health.
"For the past 10 years doctors have been looking at gut bacteria as something that makes us healthy. If our gut bacteria is not healthy, we cannot be healthy," Dr Donohoe, a Sydney GP told the AAP.
Dr Donohoe said that this research is slowly becoming mainstream and stresses that sometimes it’s not what people eat that makes them obese - entire families can suffer if their gut is disrupted.
Dr Donohoe will be speaking at an AustralAsian Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine Conference in Melbourne on August 24.
- Lauren Della Marta
Sourced from The Australian
