Organically speaking – Organic Food Products

Organic food products – wouldn’t you prefer to feed your body with natural organically grown healthy produce rather than a commercially grown product sprayed with harmful pesticides?

There is more than enough evidence to show that commercially grown food doused in pesticides, is much more likely to contribute to heart disease and cancers than organic food products.

Even though the American Government has introduced guidelines in an attempt to protect its citizens from the effects of some pesticides, much of the produce from the US is exported for processing to countries that do not have the same stringent laws. 

This produce is then imported back into the US for homeland consumption.

So you are not as protected as you may think.  In fact a review of recent hospital records reveals that there has been a sharp increase in the number of anaphylactic attacks in children that have been caused by food allergies.

Here are some very good reasons why you should eat organic food products:

• There is no toxic metal contamination
• Organic food  products are grown without the use of harmful chemical pesticides and fertilizers
• The food is grown without the use of genetically modified organisms
• Children are less tolerant to toxins in food and should be encouraged to eat a more healthy varied diet and less fast food.
• Organic food products contain more essential antioxidants and trace minerals
• Organic farming is more beneficial for the environment
• The food tastes better and you can safely eat the skin

So Just What is Organically Grown Food!

The term 'organic food’ generally means that the food has been produced naturally without being subjected to artificial fertilizers and it has not been treated with synthetic pesticides, growth promoting hormones or antibiotics.

The use of veterinary drugs is permitted for remedial care but their use is kept to a minimum.

Farmers involved with the production of organic food products are governed by guidelines that generally allow the composting of fresh manure; ensure that animals have access to free range environments and that the feed is of an appropriate organic quality.

It is no longer acceptable for farmers to feed rendered animal protein to animals. It is believed that this practice led to or a least contributed to the mad-cow disease in Britain.

Irradiation of organic food products is not permitted and neither is genetic modification (GM).

So you can be assured that the organic produce you are eating is grown in accordance with strict standards.

And generally organic farmers have the welfare of their workers in mind; by not using pesticides in organic food products there are no pesticide related illnesses which mean a loss in production and income.

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