Take a walk down your local grocers produce aisles and you are bound to see a wide variety of regular and organic food choices. There is debate whether organically grown goods are of a better caliber; both in taste and nutrition, than regularly harvested food choices. Here are several of the benefits of incorporating organic food into your diet today.
To begin the main benefit to organic or organically grown food, which includes fruits, vegetables, dairy, and meat, is that there are no chemicals, pesticides, antibiotics, or hormones exposed in the production of the food. The only down side, if there can be a down side to eating more nutritious food, is that the cost is significantly more than normal crops. But you will always pay more for better quality; it's just a question of whether the possible health risks outweigh the benefits.
Because organically grown fruits and vegetables are not exposed to pesticides, they don't cause cancer and other diseases which regularly harvested food does. Eating organic foods is a way to maintain the level of toxins well below the average within the human body. All organic products require stringent testing and it's guaranteed that all products are handled according to strict protocol. This ultimately leads to more nutrients, more taste, and less contaminants.
All organically grown fruits and vegetables contain a significantly higher amount of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. They also contain less water than non-organic foods which means that there are more nutrients present. Organic foods are also free from artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated fats, and certain preservatives such as monosodium glutamate.
In addition to no pesticides being used, organic meats are free from hormones as well. Animals are fed pesticide-free and hormone-free feed and are given access to the outdoors. Scientific studies have shown that continued exposure to pesticides, growth hormones, and antibiotics can lead to birth defects, nerve damage, and cancer.
In addition to the obvious health benefits that come from eating organic foods, you also get the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing your part towards a clean, green environment. The problem with commonly used pesticides is that they also contribute towards global warming, thus increasing the pollution problems which affects the air we breathe.
Now that you know more about the benefits of going organic, you can make an educated decision about whether you would like to make the switch. Going organic means helping the earth become a healthier place, for both people and animals.
