What Are the Benefits of Eating Organic Food?

Benefits of Eating Organic Food?

The debate has been going for a while now: Organic or Non Organic. There is no shortage of expert opinions as to which is more nutritious and better for you. The truth is many studies show that organic product and non organic produce have pretty much the same level of nutrients (unless you see having a higher level of phosphorus as a nutritional benefit).

There are other benefits to eating organic food and although the nutrient level may be the same we still feel going organic is better. To be classified as organic crops must be grown and sold without the use of bioengineering, pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge or irradiation. Organic animal products can only be labelled as such if they are given organic feed, are free from hormones growth and antibiotics, given access to pasture land to graze.

Pro-organic activists will roll out any number of unbelievable reasons to convince the public organic produce is better. Organic food cures cancer, organic food reduces global warming; organic food can save the world. We feel the ACTUAL benefits of organic food are incentive enough to convince people to eat organic. Below is a list of reasons organic is better for you and the planet:

1. Animal welfare: Animals on organic farms have better lives as they are given regular access to pasture and fed a natural diet. Animals on conventional farms often spend their whole lives indoors and eat a variety of unsuitable material. It is well known that cattle for meat production are often fed products containing cardboard, cement dust, and animal carcass, in order to cut fed costs.

2. Less toxins in your body: when you eat produce grown by adding chemicals, hormones and antibiotics and covered in pesticides it makes sense that some of these are going to make their way into your body. Over a lifetime how much of these poisons are we ingesting? Your liver, kidneys, lungs, colon, and skin are constantly working to remove these toxins from our bodies. Organic produce does not use these toxins and are therefore much better for our overall well being.

3. Less pesticides in the environment: the chemicals poured on to non-organic produce often ends up in the soil. This can lead to a degradation of soil quality. Studies show that organic farms have more healthy soil, containing 88% more... Organic farms are also better for wildlife. Studies show that wildlife is substantially richer and more varied on organic than on conventional farms.

4. Genetically Modified Crops: organic produce is not genetically modified. Many foods bought from the local supermarket contain genetically modified products. Food producers often do not list if an ingredient has been genetically modified and therefore the only way to be sure is to buy certified organic products. There has not been enough research into genetically modified foods to know if they are safe of dangerous, but we prefer not to be lab rats.

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