Is organic better for your health? A look at milk, meat, eggs, produce and fish

tl;dr

Milk: Organic milk has higher omega-3 fat levels, but probably not enough to make a difference. Exposure to pesticides, contaminants or hormones is not a significant risk in either organic or conventional milk.

Produce: While there may be no significant nutritional difference between organic and conventional produce, organic does have lower levels of pesticide residue. However, there isn’t universal agreement on the risk those residues pose.

Meat: There doesn’t seem to be much difference, health-wise, between organic or conventional meats. Grass-fed beef has a slight edge over grain-fed because of higher omega-3 levels, but the amounts are probably too small to affect human health.

Eggs: There are no significant differences affecting health between organic and conventional eggs.

Fish: There’s not enough research comparing organic and conventional fish to draw any conclusions about their health benefits.