Yes i have become one of those organic eaters, thanks to Matt...
It all started when Matt started watching documentaries on food and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstalls TV series. Matt started telling me about the facts and the more we researched it and read about it the more we were determined to turn organic.
I am not saying i eat organic 100% of the time, i can't stop going to restaurants or friends / families houses because they do not prepare organic food, however i have made the decision that when i am in my own house and when i am the one responsible for buying and preparing food, it will always be organic.
I have already had amazing results from eating locally fresh organic foods.
I want to share with you some facts about the foods we consume regularly.
Lets put aside un free range chickens and eggs, surely people know enough about the treatment of the chickens and the effects on our health with regards to that topic.
I will leave out the fact that some meat producers in Australia are feeding their cows everything but grass which is the only food they should be eating.
I wont mention the treatment of pigs, being impregnated repeatedly and left living in a tiny indoor pen.
I am not even going to start on genetically modified foods in America, GM farms are putting real farmers and people out of jobs and using immigrants to work long hours for nothing, not to mention the health concerns for GM foods.
I will just stick to the facts about the fruit and vegetables we are consuming daily.
We are meant to consume fruit and vegetables regularly, however most of us are consuming fruit and vegetables with a topping of pesticides and chemicals.
CONFIRMED FACTS:
1. Eating an un organic apple you are consuming over 30 pesticides.. even after you wash it
2. Potatoes and other root veg soak up everything in the ground, all the pesticides are absorbed into the vegetables. Once root veg are picked they are then sprayed again to stop the veg from sprouting and growing. We then consume the veg and all the pesticides.
3. 93% of un organic oranges and lettuces tested had over 7 chemicals found in the produce.
4. Pesticides in our fruit and veggies make it harder for us to loose or control our weight.
5. 96% of Allergies, skin disorders, stomach & digestion problems, depression and weight loss problems disappeared on a group of 50 people in 2011 when they turned organic.
6. Pesticides in our fruit and veg has been studied and linked to asthma, depression, weight gain and behavioural problems in children
I wont continue with more negative facts, I would rather point out the positives of eating organic.
WHY ORGANIC?
1. Organic certification is the public’s assurance that products have been grown and handled according to strict procedures without toxic chemical inputs.
2. Eating organic means supporting local farmers who are producing quality healthy fruits, vegetables and meats.
3. Organic produce is grown by caring for our earth. Organic farming is not about filling the ground with chemicals and pesticides .
4. Organic food has been proven to be better for us. A lot of the worlds top cancer doctors have agreed that the pesticides and chemicals in our foods contribute to cancer and other diseases. Eating organic is deciding to give your body and mind the best care possible.
5. Organic food has been proven to have higher nutritional value.
6.Organic food is not treated with preservatives, radiation, hormones, antibiotics or synthetic additives or grown from genetically modified seed.
7. Organic food will remind you of the tastes of what real food should taste like.
