So what does organic really mean? I’ve heard a lot of guesses as to what orgainic means and a lot of them aren’t even close. It isn’t any strange process that your food goes through, if anything, it’s just the opposite. Organic means that it was produced or grown without any chemicals or additives that aren’t all natural. That’s it! So why are some people afraid of it? I think it’s because what we know or were brought up with is what we are comfortable with and years ago, unless you did research on your own, it is most likely that “organic” wasn’t a term that was used a lot.
It has, however, been getting more and more popular. I mean you know it has gone mainstream when Walmart is selling it. The US Department of Agriculture says organic sales have jumped 22 percent last year, and it’s great that we are getting on a bigger health kick in this country and educating ourselves.
Why is organic food better for us? Well, for one it’s because we aren’t putting all of those pesticides in our body that are put on fruits and vegetables to keep away insects and provide a longer shelf life. It has been proven in some studies that organic food also provides us with more energy than non organic food. So why not eat it? I do understand that for a lot of people it is the cost of organic food that keeps them away from it. It is a lot of more expensive than non organic food but all in all, our health should be more important, I mean aren’t we worth it? At least buy foods where we actually eat the skins or the enire food organic. For example apples, grapes, tomatoes, peppers etc as opposed to banans where we peel off such a think layer of it that if it was sprayed with something harmful it probably isn’t going to hurt us as much as the others. There was an article publised by Walter J. Crinnion N.D., that stated that a lof of peoples health issues and diseases can be related to all of the toxins in our body that get there via the food we ingest. So please think about this when you next go to the grocery store. Ask your self if you are important enough to spend the extra money on, is your health or that of your familys?