Why Go Organic?
It is the latest health craze. Whole Foods is becoming the latest
and most trendy place to shop and even Wal-Mart is touting organic
food home products. Is there any truth to the thought that organic
food is better for you? Or is it merely a fad that is designed to
make you pay out more of your hard earned money?
Does it REALLY make that much of a difference? YES!!!
For anyone truly concerned about their health and the health of
their loved ones, adopting an organic lifestyle is a huge step in
the direction of excellent health and wellness. An organic lifestyle
means eating organic foods, using organic cleaning methods and
toiletries, and wearing organic clothing. You can adopt all of these
practices or just a few but any advancement in this area is
improvement.
Most people agree that they would like to buy organic food and adopt
a more organic lifestyle. Yet, instead of prioritizing certified
organic food, the majority of people stick with their habitual
processed or conventional foods. These non organic foods are
nutrition poor, contain toxic residues, taste inferior and are
potentially harmful to the environment, you and your family. So why
go organic – you can't afford not to!
Here are just a few of the reasons why you should go organic:
* Your produce
will not adorn the chemical cocktail that
conventionally grown produce does.
* Fresh
organic produce contains on average 50% more
vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other
micro-nutrients than intensively farmed produce.
* Organic
foods are not genetically modified (GM) and
therefore better for you.
* Eating
Organic meat means avoiding eating animal meat
from animals that are fed a dangerous cocktail
of anti-biotics, growth promoting drugs,
anti-parasite drugs and many other medicines on
a daily basis, whether they have an illness or
not.
* Organic
produce tastes so much better!
* Wearing
organic clothing means you are NOT wearing
chemicals on your body.
* Using
organic cleaning materials is just as effective
as using conventional cleaners but without
harmful chemicals.
Once
you made the commitment to go organic why not
also make the commitment to buy locally? Most
produce in the U.S. is picked 4 to 7 days before
being placed on supermarket shelves, and is
shipped for an average of 1500 miles before
being sold. And this is when taking into account
only US grown products! What a wasteful food
system! This process weakens our communities,
destroys our environment, and concentrates
wealth and power into a few hands only.
We can counteract these harmful
effects and help keep our local farmers in business by buying
locally grown food whenever possible. You'll be strengthening your
community by investing your food dollar close to home. You'll also
get exceptional taste and freshness since local food is
fresher and tastes better than food shipped long distances from
other states or countries. Try to make it as goal to eat organic
foods and only ones that have traveled no more then a few miles or
perhaps even a few yards to your dinner table.
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