[^_^] Go Organic

'Go Organic'

Would you care for a side dish of pesticides with your meal tonight?Most sane
people would not raise their hand in the affirmative. So how do you reply in the
negative, so that food manufacturers will hear you?Go organic! It is healthier
for you to not ingest chemicals not intended for your system. With large-scale
food production, pesticides and chemicals are added to help the earth and plants
perform. Soil becomes depleted with overuse in food production, so the chemicals
are added in an effort to amend that, and to fight off the pests that invade the
off-balance system. The chemicals themselves lead to an imbalance, causing a
cycle of depletion and perpetuating the system imbalance. In the meantime, these
same chemicals are killing off earthworms, which eat soil and produce a richer
fertilizer than can be manufactured!The Environmental Protection Agency lists
60,000 of the 70,000 chemicals produced as being potentially dangerous to our
health. Hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticides are added annually to the
billions of pounds already in the ground, which in turn leach into the cells of
the foods that we will be ingesting. To top it off, food plants grown in
chemical-additive soil contain more carbohydrates and are lower in protein and
minerals. The chemical fertilizers can also cause a severe lack of magnesium in
plants, which in turn causes deficiencies of magnesium in humans. This means
that the foods we are purchasing are coming to us nutritionally inferior, in
their natural state, as a result of their production!Food plants grown in soil
rich in natural minerals and humus have a greater protein content than those
grown in chemically fertilized soils. Calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron
contents of vegetables from mineral-rich organic soil has ranged from four to
many hundreds of times higher than soils chemically fertilized. These foods are
more natural, as a direct result of their being grown naturally, and clearly
more nutritionally beneficial.The question is why food manufacturers would
continue to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, when the risks appear to
outweigh the benefits. It comes down to economics, as usual - organic production
requires a little more labor and effort, which in turn can make the cost of
production a little higher. By spreading chemicals instead, the result is a
cheaper "solution", with the cost being somewhat hidden in the way of
environmental side-effects and our ingesting chemicals not intended for human
consumption.Organic foods, when first introduced, were generally a lot more
expensive than their chemically-grown counterparts. What has happened, as a
result of consumer demand, is that the supply of more organically-grown foods
were requested and purchased, and in turn, the costs have come down. What you
have to consider is how much is your long-term health worth? It doesn't seem to
make sense to purchase foods that are nutritionally deficient right off the
shelf. The purpose of food is to provide our body the maximum amount of
nutrients possible. We certainly don't eat for malnutrition, vitamin and mineral
deficiency, and unnatural chemicals migrating into every cell of our bodies.What
wouldn't you pay for vitality and the most premium health you can possibly
possess?About the Author: Debra Augur has studied holistic nutrition for years,
put that knowledge into practice, and has a passion to share that knowledge with
others who are seeking their own best health. If we are what we eat, are we
denatured, devitalized, deficient and potentially toxic? Visit
http://www.eat-well-to-be-well.com to learn more, and begin acquiring your
healthiest self.