Diet and food type affect urinary pesticide residue excretion profiles in healthy individuals: results of a randomized controlled dietary intervention trial.
Leonidas RempelosJuan WangMarcin BarańskiAnthony WatsonNikolaos VolakakisHans-Wolfgang HoppeW Nikolaus Kühn-VeltenCatherine HadallGultakin HasanaliyevaEleni ChatzidimitriouAmelia MagistraliHannah DavisVanessa VigarDominika Średnicka-ToberSteven RushtonPer Ole IversenChris J SealCarlo LeifertPublished in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)
Changing from a habitual Western diet to a MedDiet was associated with increased insecticide, organophosphate, and pyrethroid exposure, whereas organic food consumption reduced exposure to all groups of synthetic chemical pesticides. This may explain the positive health outcomes linked to organic food consumption in observational studies. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03254537.