5 Benefits of Eating Organic Foods

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5 Benefits of Eating Organic Foods
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• Eating organically isnt a food trend, its a
  food movement. The term organic means simply
  growing crops without bioengineered genes (i.e.
  GMOs) sewage sludge-based fertilizers,
  petroleum-based fertilizers and synthetic
  pesticides. This definition alone has caused more
  and more people to navigate towards organic
  foods. However, theres more to the story than
  this, even though its simple. Basically, people
  are going organic because organic food is
  beneficial for your health and the environment.

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Contains Fewer Pesticides

• Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and
  chemical or synthetic fertilizers are widely used
  in conventional agriculture. These chemicals can
  leave behind harmful residue that may be
  impossible to wash off or remove and is harmful
  to human beings. On the other hand, organic food
  and organic tea are grown with natural
  fertilizers (compost and manure), pests are
  controlled using natural pesticides and other
  methods (traps, insects and birds) and weeds are
  controlled through hand-weeding, tilling,
  mulching and crop rotation.

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Fresher and Contain More Nutrients

• Organic foods dont contain any preservatives,
  making them fresher and tastier. Additionally,
  they often contain more nutrients than
  conventionally-grown foods, including
  antioxidants and Omega-3 fatty acids. Organic
  meat and dairy are also richer in certain
  nutrients than their non-organic counterparts.
  Besides that, once the preservatives and
  chemicals are stripped away, people with food
  allergies can tolerate foods they once were
  allergic to.

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Organic Farming is Eco-Friendly

• Growing crops organically is simply better for
  the environment. Organic farming conserves water,
  reduces pollution, requires less energy,
  decreases soil erosion and increases soil
  fertility. Plus, growing food without chemicals
  is healthier for animals who might feed on the
  crops as well.

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GMO-Free

• Genetically Engineered (GE) foods or
  Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are plants
  whose DNA have been unnaturally altered. This
  means plant and animal DNA is altered in a way
  that cant occur in nature or through
  crossbreeding. Simply put, its a mutation thats
  present in many of the foods that people consume,
  which doesnt sound appetizing or healthy. These
  GMOs are introduced to make food insecticide and
  pesticide-resistant. However, you dont have to
  worry about this with organic food, as organic
  growth doesnt require the use of insecticides or
  pesticides, thus no GMOs.

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No Antibiotics in Organic Meat and Dairy

• Going organic doesnt mean giving up meat
  and dairy, as there are many organic farms that
  produce meat and dairy products.
  Organically-raised animals arent fed animal
  byproducts or given growth hormones and
  antibiotics. Antibiotics and growth hormones can
  produce antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria
  and animal byproducts can cause mad cow disease
  (BSE). These things are incredibly harmful to
  human beings.

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• However, organically-raised livestock is
  given GMO and hormone-free feed and unlimited
  access to this feed, which is only housed
  outside. Disease in this livestock is prevented
  with natural methods, including a healthy diet,
  rotational grazing and clean housing.