Why Eat Organic?

What's in Your Food?

Why eat organic? With the growing attention organic food is garnering these days, you have to ask yourself that question? As you sit down to eat the magnificent dinner you prepare have you ever wondered what's in your food?

You've made chicken on the BBQ, grilled veggies and a terrific looking green salad with fresh berries. You are quite pleased with yourself for choosing such a healthy meal.

Did you know that the chicken sitting on your plate, depending on where it was purchased could be pumped full of hormones, and the veggies grown in nutrient depleted soils and heavily sprayed? you are ingesting all these chemicals into your body everytime you consume non-organic foods.

What is "organic"? Organic means food that is grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers.

Why eat organic vs. conventional grown foods?

Some reasons are:

• higher nutritional content
• less toxins
• better quality
• better taste

I have seen articles stating that there is no difference between organic and non-organic food and that "organic" is more hype than anything. I wonder how this can be true when you think of the two different processes used?

When growing organic produce, food is rotated in such a way as to keep soil rich in nutrients and optimal for supporting many years of growth and supplying optimal amounts of vitamins and minerals.

Toxic chemicals are not used, therefore freeing your body of the many potential effects from the chemicals. According to Paul Chek, author of "How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy" possible effects are:

• carcinogenics
• reproductive abnormalities
• immune system damage
• dermatitis
• damage in developing nervous system and brain and many more

I realize that organic meats and produce costs more, and we generally can come up with a thousand excuses to not spend the extra money, but you're body reacts to everything you feed it. If you consume meats and produce heavily laden with hormones and chemicals, how can you possibly expect your body to function properly let alone optimally?

Take baby steps. If you are currently not eating organic foods, try purchasing one or two vegetables then slowly keep adding one food every month. By doing this you will not notice a huge difference in your wallet all at once.

By eating organic foods, you will give your body more nutrients, less chemicals and help improve the environment.

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