You can never be too healthy. Obtaining and maintaining good health is more important than keeping your bank accounts full. Keeping your health in tune and functioning properly is a good place to invest your resources. Good insurance will give you access to good doctors who will help you in your quest for good health. A couple of really good ways that are inexpensive and can be done anywhere to help improve and maintain good health are a good regimen of regular exercise and eating the right kinds of foods. We have a plethora of food options before us every time we shop for food, so let’s examine organic versus conventionally grown.
Before we begin this journey, we must first understand what “organic” means. A simple definition would be the process in which food is grown or produced. We now know that organic farming is better for the soil and uses less water if done correctly, plus there is less pollution because no chemicals such as herbicides or artificial fertilizers are used. Crops are part of a rotation process and any livestock can naturally mature and fatten without the use of chemicals or antibiotics. They are allowed better, more natural diets and cleaner housing.
There are still fierce debates regarding the nutritional benefits of organically grown foods compared to conventionally produced foods. The nutritional benefits are a very important topic that needs more study, but it is not the main reason that pushes towards organic food. The organic way of producing food is more environmentally safer and better for the entire planet. Organic farming will actually benefit the environment. It will help control nutrient depletion, soil damage, and reduce harmful pollutants being dumped into soil and water. These measures are necessary to ensure a healthy planet for future generations.
Pesticides are deadly. That is exactly why they have been designed, to kill insects and control mold or disease. It is difficult, if not impossible, to get rid of all the residues that these chemicals leave on products. In general, the amount of waste left will be adjusted to what the government considers safe. For many it is important to have less of these contaminants in their food because they believe they are harmful. Organic food has much less and that is a great advantage.
Government food regulations allow certain amounts of food additives to be added to the conventional foods we eat and consider these additives to be acceptable and safe to use, but most people consider them to be real dangers associated with the foods we eat. This also includes antibiotics used in animal husbandry. With all these added health risks, especially for children, it’s safer, if a bit more expensive, to use as many organic products as possible.
