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Measuring the life force
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And, no surprises, they found organic foods to be far superior to chemically-grown foods.
This article was first published in a 1994 issue of The Good Life, which had the theme, Strange foods.
Nothing strange about organic foods, of course. This article simply presented the positive side of an otherwise gloomy outlook, which sees our food supply becoming more artificial and more strange.
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Organic foods have consistently been found to contain higher levels of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients compared with chemically-fertilized foods, although chemical companies often dispute this, saying there is little or no difference.
Well, two German scientists have a new method to determine food quality -- by measuring what is believed to be the vitality or “life force”. And they found organic foods to be far superior.
Hardy Vogtman from the University of Kassel and Angelika Meier-Ploeger from the University of Fulder, conducted tests using the technique of counting the units of light emitted from food.
Every living organism emits biophotons, or low level light. This light energy is believed to be stored in the DNA during photo-synthesis, when plants convert sunlight, air and water into organic material. It is also believed that this light is transmitted continuously to every cell.
The theory is that higher levels of light energy indicate greater vitality or life force. It also suggest a higher potential for transmitting this life force to animals or humans eating the food.
The equipment for measuring light energy was invented by Popp, a German physicist. He too, helped with the studies which were conducted at the Elm Farm Research Centre in Britain.
Slower Decay
Voghmann and Meier-Ploeger found that organically-produced food consistently give higher readings -- between 90 percent and 98 percent higher -- than food that is not organically produced.
The scientist also found that organically grown fruits and vegetables -- which take a longer time to grow and mature -- could be stored for longer periods before they started to decay.
This is seen as another sign of greater vitality. When plants are forced to grow faster and bigger (as in hydroponic farming), the cell structure collapses more readily, resulting in faster decay.
Here’s Health, a British health magazine which reported on the studies, added that trials on animals confirm the superiority of organically produced foods.
Hens fed conventional chicken feed, for example, appeared to grow faster initially -- in the first generation, after four and eight weeks. But after 32 weeks in the second generation, hens given organic foods had reached a greater weight. Also, the eggs of organic hens were heavier in both generations.
Rabbit fed organic food had higher fertility and produced more offspring. The organic rabbits also lived longer. And the difference was more pronounced in the second and third generations.
Studies on the semen of bulls also showed higher fertility among those fed organic foods. This may be due to lower levels pesticides, since pesticides are known to affect fertility.
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