Organic Food Benefits And More

by Ghousia Chandrasekaran

Many diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases and other ailments at least in part are linked to bad food choices which can be avoided.

You might not have thought about organic food benefits before, but every time you opt for a food or drink be it a meal or snack or a beverage, it affects your health  positively or negatively.

The lengthy discussions on television channels about contamination during the production process,or about the ill effects of genetically modified plants and food irradiation are enough to have a depressing effect on us.

The food we eat now contains high amounts of contaminants such as residues of pesticides,herbicides,additives and other chemical toxins.

Intensive farming methods are used on animals and birds to increase milk,meat and egg production. There are also chemicals used as preservatives for increasing the shelf life of the food products.

So the culprit is the intensive farming practices which use high quantities of synthetic fertilizers,pesticides and herbicides to boost production.

Small quantities of  these toxins get into our system when we consume them and accumulate in our system over a period of time. Add to this the pollution of air we breathe and our bodies become the store house of these toxins.

The immediate effects may not be visible on adults but are harsher on vulnerable people like children,elderly and the babies in the womb. There are authentic studies conducted in the united kingdom which show that babies in UK are exposed to more than 350 chemical toxins through breast milk.

The only solution to this problem is the healthy and wholesome organic food. So be mindful of the harmful nasty chemicals hiding inside that enticing dish or drink before you consume.

Organic food is produced by avoiding harmful agrochemical inputs that endanger the environment  and wild life. Organic farming is a system wherein the food production is done by shunning the use of harmful synthetic chemicals such as herbicides,fungicides and other toxic synthetic substances.

Organic food benefits in the news

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Woolworths Acquires Macro Wholefoods
Woolworths will continue to roll out its Thomas Dux Grocer stores in New South Wales and Victoria with its agreement to acquire up to nine store leases from Macro Wholefoods.
Banned Pesticide Blamed For Fish Mutations
A pesticide banned in more than 50 countries but still used widely in Australia has been implicated in the chronic deformities and deaths of thousands of fish in the Noosa River in recent months.
EU Assembly Votes to Ban Toxic Pesticides
European Parliament members voted to ban some of the most toxic and dangerous pesticides to human health.
Obama's Choice of Vilsack: AgriBusiness as Usual at USDA ?
Subdued approval greeted President-elect Obama's choice of Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture last week.

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