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Publisher's Note: Deletion.

Posted by jreganold on 23 Sep 2010 at 04:07 GMT

Although the greater potassium concentration in the conventional strawberries is a plus, strawberries are not among the richest sources of potassium or even phosphorus [36]. Interestingly, less phosphorus in the diet may be considered desirable, given the negative effects of the increasing U.S. consumption of phosphorus [37] on vitamin D and calcium metabolism [38], and the resulting potential risk to bone health.
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This discussion is no longer relevant because there are no statistically significant differences in fresh-weight concentrations of phosphorus and potassium between organic and conventional strawberries based on the corrected Table 1.

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