Health Benefits of Eating Organic: Are They Real?Why should you eat organic? And what are the health benefits of eating organic? Organically produced food must be produced according to the
organic food standards. Well, no synthetic pesticides are permitted. The farm must have a buffer zone in place to deal with possible contamination from outside the farm. And the farmer works with the land and soil to ensure it has a high nutrient content. Not stripping the soil of life. High nutrient soil produces healthy plants that are themselves high in nutrients. That's your first health benefit: high nutrient content of produce. The method of farming is sustainable. That means it could go on year after year and still be a producing farm. It doesn't harm the environment. There risk from the dangers of pesticide exposure if you live near an organic farm are near zero. Can you say that about conventional farms? The livestock raised must be fed organically grown feed. So, they eat well and are healthy as a result. These animals eat better than most people-completely organic! Hormones aren't used on the animals. This is a key benefit in preventing early puberty, common among our youth. Organically raised livestock are not given non-medicinal antibiotics; reducing the risk of antibiotic allergy. Here I answer the question "Is it possible to get an antibiotic reaction from vegetables?" With the animals being fed organic feed there is little risk of mad cow disease (bse). Organic production doesn't allow the
new foods
also known as genetically modified organisms or gmo. These foods must have organic ingredients. And the allowable
food additives
are limited. Just remember though that they would still be
processed.
Fresh is always better for you.
Eat organic food to lose weight. More nutrients means your body is getting what it needs with less food. Use this principle with exercise. Why with exercise? It doesn't matter how good your food is. I mean you could eat only the finest organic food available, but without exercise you would not be your healthiest.
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