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ORGANIC FOOD

The contemporary society is characterized by a busy and fast-paced lifestyle. People are busy with a lot of

things, especially with their careers and relationships, putting health and wellness behind.However organicallygrown foods are becoming more popular as people worry more about the health and the safety of the food theyeat.As defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, organic meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products come fromanimals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic plant foods are produced without using mostconventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; orionizing radiation.

By eating organically grown foods, you:

1.Reduce your exposure to health-robbing toxins:

The toxins used in conventional agricultural practices, include not only pesticides, but also heavymetals, such as lead and mercury, and solvents, such as benzene and toluene. A number of pesticides havealready been recognized as carcinogens, while others have been shown to affect mitochondrial energyproduction negatively, and still others have been shown to damage cellular membranes, triggering inflammationthat has been linked to atherosclerosis. Heavy metals lower IQ and damage nerve function, contributing toneurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and multiple sclerosis. Solvents damage whitecells, the immune system defenders that enable the body to resist infections. Not only are these toxic substancesharmful singularly, but when combined, as they are in commercially grown and processed food, their effects inthe human body, where they accumulate, have been found to be magnified as much as a thousand fold.

2.Increase consumption of health-promoting micronutrients:

Organically grown produce contains significantly higher amounts of many vitamins and minerals. In a1988 review of thirty-four studies that compared organic with conventionally grown foods, organic food wasfound to have higher protein quality in all comparisons, higher levels of vitamin C in 58 percent of all studies,and five to 20 percent higher mineral levels for all but two minerals. In some cases, the mineral levels weredramatically higher in organically grown foods and were as much as three times higher in one study involvingiron content. Organically grown foods also contain higher amounts of plant-protective compounds, such asflavonoids and carotenoids, which are highly desirable for human consumption.

3.Safeguard the health of the environment:Residues from toxic chemicals used in conventional farming methods remain in the soil and leach into

groundwater. The use of chemical-dependent farming methods has not only adversely impacted soil and water,

but also reduced the biodiversity, nutrient quality, and taste of our foods since synthetic nitrate fertilizers causenitrate to bind to water, which makes the produce look good but lessens its flavor.

Top Foods To Eat Organic

1) Brown Rice -Rice are usually the host for many pests like rice blast, crayfish and even rice water weevil. Upto 40 pesticides are used to kill these pests. If you are eating non-organic brown rice, the brown ricewould contain more pesticides than white rice as for white rice, the husk , bran layer and germ are removedwhereas only the husk are removed for brown rice.

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