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Organic Food: Why should I go Organic?
Now those of you especially around Sydney would have perhaps seen the rise in the trendiness of organic food. But when a food item you purchase claims that it is 'organic'...what does that really mean? Are you really looking after your health? Or are you simply yuppie-fying your diet?
To be able to be considered 'organic', the food item must have no less than 70% of it's make-up as wholly organic ingredients.
But why even bother eating organic food? Why not just pick up that GE (Genetically Engineered) apple (yes, when you eat food at a supermarket you can count that it is GE unless otherwise specified) ?
Here are 5 reasons why organic is good:
- Organic produce is pesticide-free. Even when you wash an apple residual pesticides may remain. (The average GE apple can have up to 30 pesticides on it!!)
- It's more nutritious. Up to 50% more vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other micro-nutrients.
- It simply tastes much better. For real! Give it a try. A good way to do this is buy a tomato from your local supermarket, and then buy an organic tomato (preferably from an organic supermarket)
- The chemicals they feed the animals are fed to you. For example dairy cows (ie your milk, cheese etc...) are fed a dangerous level of antio-biotics, growth hormones (especially in chickens), anti-parasite drugs, and many other chemicals daily. This ends up in your system. Ok..Ok.. some of you may be into Horse Tranquilizers (heaven forbid!) but chicken hromones are not something I wanna be dancing around to if you know what I mean.
- Organic farms support and nurture biodiversity. This is simply important for a healthy planet.
So eat organic! Trust me, it's better for you, it tastes better, you don't need to eat as much (or so I find, anyway), and you feel better for it (ethically and physically!).
