"Cooking is like writing poetry, be careful in the choice of your ingredients and respectful of how they work together. That’s true of all the efforts in life."
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Vegetable oil such as canola and sunflower oil may not be as good for you as they tell you. Find out why cooking vegetable oil may increase your risk of cancer.
What oil do you cook with? New study suggests it's a question that shouldn't just be on the lips of foodies, but also those interested in reducing their risk of cancer.
According to leading scientists who are now recommending food be fried in olive oil, coconut oil, butter or even lard, cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases.
The results of a series of experiments threaten to turn on its head official advice that oils rich in polyunsaturated fats - such as corn oil and sunflower oil - are better for the health than the saturated fats in animal products and coconut oil.
Scientists found that heating up vegetable oils led to the release of high concentrations of chemicals called aldehydes, which have been linked to illnesses including cancer, heart disease and dementia.
Martin Grootveld, a professor of bioanalytical chemistry and chemical pathology, said that his research showed "a typical meal of fish and chips", fried in vegetable oil, contained as much as 100 to 200 times more toxic aldehydes than the safe daily limit set by the World Health Organisation.
In contrast, heating up butter, olive oil and lard in tests produced much lower levels of aldehydes. Coconut oil produced the lowest levels of the harmful chemicals.
Concerns over toxic chemicals in heated oils are backed up by separate research from an Oxford professor, who claims that the fatty acids in vegetable oils are contributing to other health problems.
Professor John Stein, Oxford's emeritus professor of neuroscience, said that partly as a result of corn and sunflower oils, "the human brain is changing in a way that is as serious as climate change threatens to be".
Because vegetable oils are rich in omega 6 acids, they are contributing to a reduction in critical omega 3 fatty acids in the brain by replacing them, he believes.
"If you eat too much corn oil or sunflower oil, the brain is absorbing too much omega 6, and that effectively forces out omega 3," said Professor Stein. "I believe the lack of omega 3 is a powerful contributory factor to such problems as increasing mental health issues and other problems such as dyslexia." He said sunflower oil and corn oil were now banished from his own kitchen, replaced by olive oil and butter. NHS advice is to replace "foods high in saturated fat with lower-fat versions" and warns against frying food in butter or lard, recommending instead corn oil, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil. Saturated fats raise cholesterol levels, increasing the risk of heart disease.
But Professor Grootveld, of De Montfort University in Leicester, who carried out a series of experiments, said: "For decades, the authorities have been warning us how bad butter and lard was. But we have found butter is very, very good for frying purposes and so is lard.
"People have been telling us how healthy polyunsaturates are in corn oil and sunflower oil. But when you start messing around with them, subjecting them to high amounts of energy in the frying pan or the oven, they undergo a complex series of chemical reactions which results in the accumulation of large amounts of toxic compounds."
The findings are contained in research papers. Professor Grootveld's team measured levels of "aldehydic lipid oxidation products" (LOPs), produced when oils were heated to varying temperatures. The tests suggested coconut oil produces the lowest levels of aldehydes, and three times more aldehydes were produced when heating corn oil and sunflower oil than butter.
The team concluded in one paper last year: "The most obvious solution to the generation of LOPs in culinary oils during frying is to avoid consuming foods fried in PUFA [polyunsaturated fatty acid]-rich oils as much as possible."
Professor Grootveld said: "This major problem has received scant or limited attention from the food industry and health researchers." Evidence of high levels of toxicity from heating oils has been available for many years, he said.
Health concerns linked to the toxic by-products include heart disease; cancer; "malformations" during pregnancy; inflammation; risk of ulcers and a rise in blood pressure.
He said the oils when "completely pure [and] authentic ... offer no threats to human health" but that "LOPs arising from the frequent and common use of polyunsaturated fats" for frying "certainly do so".
Public Health England says saturated fats, including butter and coconut oil "can be eaten occasionally in small amounts as part of a healthy balanced diet".
One medium orange contains over 60 flavonoids and 170 different phytonutrients.
Orange peel improves digestion. It helps to releive gas, heartburn, vomiting and acidic eructation.
Orange peel helps with the respiratory system; it helps eliminate cough and even can improve asthma.
Orange peels have anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties. Essential oil, d-limonene, contained in orange peels has ability to promote normal liver function.
How to Make Vitamin C with Just One Ingredient
Making Vitamin C at home is super easy and won’t cost you anything.
Take organic orange peels and cut them into strips
Allow the peels to dry at room temperature for a couple of days until crisp
MAKE YOUR OWN GINGER BEER: IT CAN TREAT ARTHRITIS, ILL STOMACH, REDUCES CHOLESTEROL LEVEL AND HIGH LEVEL OF SUGAR IN THE BLOOD
Ingredients needed:
– 200 grams of peeled and finely chopped ginger
– 450 ml of filtrated water
– 225 grams of sugar
– 115 ml of sparkling water
– Several drops of lime juice
– Lemon slices
Method of preparation:
Place the filtered water in pot and place the pot on fire in order for the water to boil. Once the water starts boiling add the ginger. Reduce the heat and cook for another 5 minutes. Then leave the mixture to stand still for 20 minutes. Strain the liquid from the ginger. Prepare the syrup in a separate bowl: dissolve the sugar with 1 cup of the filtrated and boiled water. Mix half a cup of ginger juice with 1/3 of a cup of syrup and half a cup of mineral water. Add a little organic honey and lime juice. Garnish the glass with lemon slices.
The best way to stop this disease is awareness and the first step to stop it is prevention. Our environment plays a big part when it comes to illness, so we need to look at it and educate our minds for change.
For example seven months ago I bought Heckle my turtle from this pet store in Chapala, Mexico. The attendant told me that Heckle will only last up to five months and gave me this little bowl for his living quarters. Certainly, these turtles last longer; so I did some research and they will live up to seventy-five years . It’s the environment ~ where they live and how they live that makes a big difference. In small area’s they do not get enough exercise and it creates stress which causes short term life. Its all about quality of life! I am going to prove that my turtle will last much longer with the bigger tank and love. I put a little dish in the tank with lettuce, this was intended for him to eat; however every night when Dan and I turn off his overhead light for the tank he crawls inside and pulls the lettuce over him. This is much like we do when we sleep.
Our life is much like Heckle’s , our environment such as the foods we eat, the water we drink, products we use, the area we live in ~ chemicals in the air, lack of exercise and issues that causes stress.
We can not change the outside surroundings of our homes and lives, but we can change what we do within them.
So, knowledge is power and the first prevention is to educate ourselves in that direction. Not all the time does donating money help the cause. Why do we need that to create a change and promote prevention ? Its free to read and search the internet.
Also, we as a whole can stand up to our congress and pass a law that have our insurance companies allow for other methods to heal cancer then just poison. Cancer has been proven to die from heat and oxygen. Why not have programs that are allowed using these types of methods and with no side effects, which should be covered by insurance.
SABORGI VEGETABLES GOURMET In today’s world, we take food for granted. Just because the FDA approves processed foods deemed eatable does not mean that it is good for you. You are what you eat and food has a lot to do with your functions in everyday life.
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Since living in Ajijic Mexico, I have been going to the Tuesday Market which sells organic and natural foods. There is this one family owned business “SABORGI” who’s stands by their products and motto, {we protect the environment & take care of you}.
I had the honor to interview Gabriel Ortiz Isaac and see firsthand the passion that the family has in our children’s future. The dedication of educating not just the Spanish people, but the ex-pats that live and visit this area.
We all need to learn from them the importance of what we eat. Check out the face book page Saborgi Gourmet or e-mail them at ventas@saborgi.com. The phone number is 33 3128 4530.
Last week on our way back from the Tuesday market we stop for some frozen yogurt. There is this fruit that is more powerful then chemo called the soursop. Guess what we had some in a frozen yogurt and it was delicious.
The shock of
cancer came into our lives as early as December 2010.It was the unthinkable, but Dan and I were
not going to take this lightly.We
started to research and came across this program that was directed from all
over the world.The program was in
Mexico in an international hospital. So
we went for it, this meant no surgery, chemo nor radiation, but it meant going
to another country.I did not even speak
Spanish!!But that did not matter, just
knowing that I would not have to go through chemo ~ I was good.
As I look
back and look over the video’s that I took, I realize how lucky we are, for
both of us went through this treatment and are cancer free at this time.I have learned how to manage cancer while
enjoying life.
I have so
much to be thankful for, while being on this ride, we have been enjoying the
company of our friends.From Washington
to California ~ New York to the Carolina’s ~ even Maine.I would like to thank all for sharing this
time with us.I have reflected this time
through movies and sharing with the world that we can have a change of lifestyle
and still be able to enjoy life without side effects and pain.
The best way
to describe what I have learned is Research and that Knowledge is Power.
Through
these video’s that I am sharing I hope this can change the future of cancer and
that others will learn and open their minds to other options that do not have
every lasting side effects.
Through my
change of lifestyle Dan and I moved to Mexico.So I have created movies of How Safe Is Mexico.I have met fabulous people from all over here
in this area of Mexico ~ Lake Chapala.Through the movies and my blog, I am hoping to change the thinking of
Mexico being scary to visit.Much like
the states there are good areas and bad.
I will
continue sharing my life and experiences with all.
It’s
impossible, said pride.
It’s risky,
said experience.
It’s
pointless said reason.
Give it a
try, whispered the heart.
You deserve
to follow your heart and choose your own journey, but first we need to explore
the unknown.
Do the
research and you will find that it is not pointless!
Your mind
will grow full of hope and your travels may continue for many years.
I am still here after managing my cancer for five years. There is a purpose, something that I has grown as my passion. I am not done smiling or laughing for I have a lot of work ahead of me. What I know now has made me a better person and wiser ~ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. This statement is so true because this is what has pulled me through and healed me. Perhaps, if I listened to my surgeon five years ago, “IT IS WHAT IT IS” I might not be writing this piece.
Almost a month ago I started a petition http://www.thepetitionsite.com/552/608/740/stand-up-to-cancer/, which is so dear to me, for this is the type of treatment that turned my live around without side effects. I am tired of seeing and hearing sad stories of how one suffers and all the side effects that go into chemo and radiation. We need to open our eyes and minds to see that there are other options out there in this wide world of ours. With the modern equipment such as the internet we can see beyond our little corner.
Let’s change the way we treat people, lets not use Russian Roulette and forget that we all have a choice on our quality of life and stand up to our government and have insurance companies pay for other options other than surgery, chemo or radiation.
I have written a book http://121586.wix.com/-myjourney. The purpose ~ I wanted people to learn that in order to cure cancer one has to change their lifestyle. The first step is prevention and finding the core of how it happened in the first place. The book is an easy read and provides a lot of information, please check it out.
To expand the KNOWLEDGE I have also created a web site with treatments that provide options on how to treat and manage cancer without surgery, chemo and radiation. http://www.thejourneytogoodhealth.com/ it’s a Scientific Approach which creates personalized programs that are customized for each patient, helping them to fight their cancer their way. Because everyone’s blueprint is different.
So you see I am not done living my life and I will be smiling and laughing. This is what I would like for all cancer patients ~ not just a few. Please stand with me and change the thinking toward cancer and let every cancer patient have a option toward a quality of live.
We need to think about the next generation and protect our children from this disease called cancer. Knowledge is power and prevention is the key. However sometimes that does not protect us from this disease eating away at our bodies.. We do not need to put poisons or radiation in our bodies to manage cancer. Checkout another option https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-WnYq-aGHA Stand up and sign this petition and make a change for our children and grandchildren. Please share
We cannot change the way they are treating cancer until the public that is being treated or have known someone that has passed on from it ~ stand together.We as a whole can change the thinking toward cancer.First, I recommend this document and then you can decide why I am so passionate of changing the options and having the insurance companies pay for those other options.http://video.pbs.org/program/story-cancer-emperor-all-maladies/ .Please join me and let’s stand together and make a change….. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/552/608/740/stand-up-to-cancer/
Who created this website? A woman with breast cancer and an attitude.
Although this Project began as Ann Fonfa's personal answers to questions (video) on natural(CAM) therapies, it has become a nationally recognized organization, and is now a nonprofit corporation in the state of Florida. (May 23, 2003)and tax exempt, 501 (c)3 as of August, 2003. We are located at 7319 Serrano Terrace, Delray Beach, FL 33446-2215. (561) 749-0084 Best means of contact is email: annieappleseedpr@aol.comThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
From its inception the Annie Appleseed Project decided to Challenge the Existing treatment paradigm, to Question the existing research methods and subjects, and to Propose new directions for both ending with true Integrative Oncology. Thus the program name Cheqpt, designed to bring complementary, alternative therapies to the mainstream as soon as may be, while serving as a place where all ideas are scrutinized.
About 90,000 visitors see our site monthly, and thousands have heard Ann Fonfa, and other of our volunteer advocates speak at various meetings around the world.
Other people with cancer (all volunteers) have gotten involved and produced reports on treatment responses, clinic visits, meetings attended and much more. We now offer financial support to advocates who attend meetings, write reports, hand out our brochures, etc. We need your support to continue to represent the people who use complementary or alternative cancer therapies. Things have improved over the years since we began this work, but it still comes down to each individual with her or his medical team. And insurance does not yet cover CAM.
Here is Annie Appleseed Project's EEO Policy. At this time we are an all-volunteer cancer Advocacy nonprofit and have no employees. We offer our services to all.
Mission
The Annie Appleseed Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, provides information, education, advocacy, and awareness for people with cancer and their family and friends who are interested in complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) and natural therapies from a patient's perspective.
Who is the audience for our work? We provide information that helps everyone/anyone REDUCE their risk for cancer (and heart disease, diabetes, and more modern ailments). Our information helps people in active conventional cancer treatment, REDUCE toxicities And we provide information for anyone interested in alternative or natural therapies.
Please sign and share. My passion
and goal is to have this option available in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, covered
by all insurance companies. Stand up to cancer with me and change the health
care industry. You are a drop, but together we are an ocean.
There’s a very beautiful thing about Mother Nature that happens when we don’t stuff her with too much gunk: Plants grow and animals live in harmony. Yes, it sounds like a children’s book written in the 1970s, but it’s also a notion that many an organic gardener are getting wise to these days.
Companion planting, a practice used by organic and biodynamic gardeners, is the term given when one plants certain types of plants near each other because they are mutually beneficial. In the case of growing food in a garden plot, there are a number of flowers you can plant for natural pest control. Toss out the pesticides (or wait, maybe you should contact the EPA to find out how to properly dispose of that toxic waste) and instead plant some attractive and aromatic flowers. Ah, that’s biodynamic gardening for you.
Borage What it is: Commonly grown and used for culinary purposes in Britain, borage is an herb still not well known in America. This annual produces star-shaped flowers and is wonderful used in herbal teas, tinctures and leafy green recipes. What it’s good for: Boragedeters hornworms and cabbage worms and can help all plants increase their disease resistance.
Chrysanthemums What it is: These beautiful flowers are quite common in flower arrangements, as they come in a wide spectrum of colors. What it’s good for Chrysanthemums contain a chemical called pyrethin that’s toxic to insects but safe for human and animal consumption. Aside from planting these colorful flowers around your garden bed, you can also make a tea from the flowers and use it on root nematodes and to repel Japanese beetles.
Clover What it is: This common soil cover grows as grass does, providing a thin, cohesive layer of green over the soil. There are over 300 varieties of clover to choose from, but the most popular is marked by small green clovers with tiny pink flowers. What it’s good for: Clover has been known to ward off pests completely when used as ground cover in garden beds. Plant it around cabbage to prevent cabbageworm and aphids from taking hold.
Lavender What it is: Known for its delicate, violet leaves and pleasing aroma, lavender is used in everything from potpourri to tea and baked goods to frosting. What it’s good for: Lavender not only repels pests in your garden, it also smells (and looks) heavenly. It’s used to repel most insects you’d want to keep out of the garden, particularly fleas, moths and mosquitoes.
Marigolds What it is: Marigolds are a popular garden flower as they are cheap to obtain and contain vibrant orange hues.
What it’s good for: Plant the scented varieties of marigolds to deter pests. The French Marigold variety is recommended for keeping whiteflies away from tomatoes, and they protect the health of the soil under the plants.
Picture me sitting in front of you reading this
information to you.We are not rag dolls
and too often we hear someone dying of cancer instead of hearing how we can
prevent this disease from happening or at least cut it in half.We live in a fast pace world and so many of
us believe what we hear and also use what’s on the market because we do not
think that our society will harm us.Wait, I was one of these people and know based on experience how this
works.
We need to educate ourselves on the main goal and that
is to prevent cancer.Knowledge if used
is power ~ but because we all live in such a quick moving pace there never
seems to be enough time to think or to research. I decided to write this for
anyone that cares to do something about it.My hope is that we all can spread the knowledge and live a healthier
lifestyle.
I know this first hand for I had cancer and decided to
do something outside the rim of the conventional treatments.I was told by a highly educated doctor that
the first thing that we need to understand is that we can’t change our
environment on our own, but we can start to change it in our homes.So one way is to go all organic.This just isn’t our foods but also, the
products that we use every day. So many items are modified or have chemicals in
them that change our body chemistry which can lead to getting cancer.Another important fact is since we live in a
world of hurry with the attempt to get things done like yesterday; our stress
levels are high.We need to meditate and
relax so that our bodies do not continue to extract the chemical that can
increase the likelihood of getting cancer.To help in combatting stress so as to cut off this chemical, enjoy a
form of exercise.This could be fun,
like take up dancing, walking, or even start playing in a group sport.Yes, I am saying it.It’s a known fact that prayer can also help
your physical outcome of health.
Prevention is the key.However; our DNA plays a great role in our behavior and attitude on how
we live.Through all the above findings
one can change the DNA and you can stay healthier.
Now, if you or someone you know has cancer there are
options out there.This is the age of
communication and it is a big world, look and see what other countries are
doing to manage cancer other than cut, poison and burn.I have studied options for over four years
since I was diagnosed with breast cancer.Check out my option www.thejourneytogoodhealth.comfor I have learned that managing cancer is a
scientific approach and it’s your blueprint that needs to be changed.
My goal is to make it FDA approved so insurance
companies will pay for this type of treatment, because I believe that we should
have options that can be done without breaking our bank account.I hear from people all the time two responses
to what I am writing.First, I wish I
can do what you did, but I do not have the money or if your option would be FDA
approved the doctors and the outpatient cancer clinics will go out of
business.I have answers to these
remarks.
First, cancer is a money making business, even if we
have insurance it does not pay for all the treatments.At some point it max’s out and you have to
pay something out of your own pocket.So
you have to decide what is worth more, your life or the money you put into your
treatment.
Second, I feel that the new age will continue to
advance and doctors and the medical industry will grow financially with this
option.Instead of all these chemo
clinics, we can have stem cell banks, hyperthermia clinics, ozone clinics.We need to understand that cancer cells will
die with heat and oxygen.With the new
age we need to create new ideas and techniques to use to treat this disease
with these two findings.
I am not saying that people should not totally stop
chemo treatments, if that is truly what they believe will cure them.I am merely suggesting that we have more than
one option on the table that our insurance companies will pay for.For example, mine would pay for the hospital
stay in the states for surgery and then after chemo and radiation, but would
not cover the hospital stay in Mexico even though it was ten times cheaper.I did not expect them to cover the non FDA
approved treatments, but the hospital stay!!The fact is that it was cheaper than having to go through the
conventional way and the suffering.It’s
funny, but they paid after the fact the MRI’s, CT Scans and lab work that
showed the cancer leaving my body.
Please stand up with me and change the thinking of our
health industry and help me convince our politicians and physicians that there
is a better way to fight cancer without side effects and have immune therapy a
type of treatment available to all with the insurance paying even some of
it.We need to not be treated like rag
dolls but as human beings.Let’s share
this so that others can start to educate themselves and begin to manage a
healthier lifestyle.
Individually we are a drop, but together we are an
ocean.The ocean turns into the sea,
which surrounds this big world.So let’s
begin today and talk about it among our friends.Support this cause and stand up to a better
option to destroy cancer.Thanks
Consuming natural whole salt like Himalayan has beneficial effects on the whole organism. It is believed that Himalayan salt…
– Regulates the level of water in the body
– Supplies the body with nutrients
– Eject excess acid from cells
– A natural antihistamine
– Clearing the lungs supports a healthy respiratory function
– Reduces sinus congestion
– Regulates digestion
– Helps the absorption of food in the gut
– Balances the blood sugar level
– Regulates heart rate and blood pressure
– Preserves the health of blood vessels
– Protects the kidneys and gallbladder
– Helps relaxation and healthy sleep
– Prevents muscle spasms and maintains bones sturdy
I am very humbled to be able to talk about the chef
that I had when I was treat for functional medicine.Unfortunately, he is no longer at the facility but, has opened up his
own business.He prepares food for
outpatients and delivers to them personally.The food is all organic and gluten free.I love the way he prepares the food for he puts his whole self into it ~
gourmet.
If you are in the Tijuana area look him up, you will
not be disappointed.Check his menu
below along with some pictures of foods that he creates.
If you know me, I like to experiment in making things
and baking is no different.Dan wanted
some oatmeal this morning, but I didn’t want just oatmeal.So why not oatmeal pancakes and not just
oatmeal but add other healthy ingredients also to make it my own
masterpiece.Cooking can be so much fun
and the finish product just melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
A must
·Oatmeal
·Two eggs
·Flour
·Water
Next
Additional ingredients, make it your own.Here are some suggestions
·Any type of fruit ( I love berries)
·Cinnamon
·Coconut
·Ground peanuts ( what every you wish)
Mix in a bowl!I heat up avocado oil in a pan which then I
drop the mix in circles in the pan.From
there you know what to do….
Again, this is your dish and you should use your own imagination
on what it consists of.So make it
special and unique.
http://idealbite.com/10-benefits-of-eating-organic-food/
Are you concerned about the health of yourself and your family due to the unnecessary chemicals known to exist in the foods we eat on a daily basis? You should be. There is some scary stuff out there that many people aren’t even aware of.
If you are concerned with the problems that eating non-organic food can cause, you should consider moving your family to eating an entirely organic diet. Sure, there is a slight variance in price and you may spend a bit more money investing in organic food, but nothing is worth risking your family’s lives due to devastating health problems and diseases that these chemicals have been proven to cause.
If you just eat one apple, you could potentially eat more than 25 chemicals, even if you washed the apple like we have all been told to do. The quality standards of food have decreased so drastically over the past few decades so we must be careful what we are putting in our bodies.
The levels of vitamins in our food is nowhere close to what it used to be, and similarly, organic foods have been proven to contain 50% more vitamins, minerals and nutrients than similar food that is produced in a regular manner. Even if you try to eat more fruits and vegetables to account for the deficiencies in today’s mass produced products, you will wind up eating even more chemicals in the meantime!
Because food producers were trying to mass produce food quickly and in the cheapest possible way, chemicals like pesticides and herbicides were created to extend the life of our fruits and vegetables, to make sure animals and insects do not attack them, and to avoid mold from growing on them. These chemicals were created with the best intentions, but have been linked more recently to troubling health problems.
While most people turn to organic food for reasons relating to health, there are many other reasons people should appreciate and support organic farming. There are tons of incredible benefits of eating organic food. For people who are unfamiliar with organic food and the many things it can do to improve your health, here we will go over the top ten reasons we believe that people should eat organic. Great Taste Organic food tastes delicious and it makes sense why it does- healthy soil and plants make food that tastes the best. In a number of studies people who have done taste tests almost always choose the wonderful taste of organic food over processed and food tainted by chemicals. Fruits and vegetables taste much more vibrant and strong if they are grown organically which is just another added benefit of the healthy powers of healthy organic foods. High Standards Organic foods have to meet extremely high standards to qualify to be called organic. This is why most foods are not organic, because companies don’t want to go through the strict processes required of them to be declared organic. The certification process that foods have to go through is designed to make sure the public is clear that the food was grown in the proper way as well as processed and handled in the ways in which the certification standards recommend.
You want to look for products that say they are organic and certified by the Quality Assurance International standards. If you see this assurance, you can be confident that you are eating the best organic food out there. The QAI standards confirm that the producer and manufacturer follow strict procedures to ensure you are getting the best possible food, free of chemicals that can be damaging to your health. Soil Erosion Soil erosion is a huge problem currently, and we as a planet are looking at the biggest erosion problem in the history of the world because of the way that most farmers do their business nowadays, with no regards for the land they are farming. Organic farmers focus a lot of their time and energy in farming in the way that best respects the land. They understand that the soil is basically the foundation of farming and without it we would be unable to farm. So they focus a great deal on protecting the soil through organic farming and are involved in programs to conserve and restore the soil that they find so valuable. This not only earns them a great deal of respect from fans of organic food, but it also is a feel good example for farmers all around the world on how they can be successful and do the right thing at the same time. Health Benefits of Organic Food The main reason most people initially begin going organic in their diets is because of health reasons. Whether people have actual health problems or they have simply heard of the many health issues that may possibly come from ingesting chemicals through normal food processing, many individuals are turning to organic foods so they can trust what they are putting in their bodies and what they are feeding their loved ones.
The production of organic food actually reduces the risks of health problems to the general public. Many of the damaging chemicals and pesticides we began using decades ago to protect our food and make it last longer were approved before there was good research showing any problems with it. Since then, a lot of these same chemicals have been linked to cancer and other very serious medical problems. While originally the concerns were just about cancer causing chemicals, now these chemicals have been traced to other terrible medical problems like Alzheimer’s and birth defects.
The EPA now admits that about 60% of weed eliminators, 90% of mold eliminators, and 30% of insect eliminating chemicals may cause cancer. So why are they still being used in our food production? Since organic farms avoid using these chemicals to treat their food, it is much safer overall than regular farming.
Organic foods also do not use antibiotics in animal food which can cause people to become more resistant to fighting disease over time. Additionally, organic farms are much safer for their employees to work at since they aren’t exposed from all of these dangerous pesticides and chemicals. Overall, organic farming is so much safer for everyone involved, it simply cannot be disputed. Organic Partnership with Wildlife Organic farms also focus on the entire ecosystem with regards to their farming activities and they understand that we are not the only ones on this planet benefitting from what the ground provides. Organic farmers understand that animals and insects are a normal part of farming. They use specific crops in their farms to serve the needs of wildlife, and they also manage wetlands, ponds, and other animal preserves within their farming activities. Support for the Farming Community Organic farms and people committing to buy organic foods are virtually the only support left for the small family, local farmer. Most produce and animal products are produced by a very small number of huge plants and manufacturing locations that hardly even resemble farms, and most small rural farmers are being eliminated because they cannot support themselves financially. While their products are of much higher quality and standards, the focus on mass produced, cheaper produce has almost eliminated the small time farmer.
Purchasing organic produce helps to support the smaller farmers who rely on farming for their incomes, to support the local economy, and to employ local farm workers. Supporting organic farming is support for small business and job creation in your local community. Water and Organic Food Because organic farmers do not use the harmful chemicals within their farming, they are not polluting the ground and the water supply. This also supports the soil conservation efforts that were previously mentioned. Because there are no chemicals used in the production of organic foods, there is no potential for harmful chemical runoff and damaging chemicals to impact our water supply. This is healthier for everyone because while our drinking water is generally pasteurized before it goes into the water supply, it does not catch everything, and some of that water is put back into the atmosphere and then rained back down on us. Eliminating the prevalence of these chemicals will make our entire environment even healthier. Innovation Organic farmers are on the cutting edge of science as they are focused on finding ways to produce quality foods without the use of the chemicals that are harmful to our health, and the health of the planet. These farmers have used innovative techniques to replace the chemicals that can be so damaging, and do their research using their own funding at their own farms.
We have learned a great deal about the harmful qualities of regular farming through this research. The entire point of the research is to find ways to produce food that is as high quality as food grown on a regular farm without the use of chemicals. This is better for the environment, for people individually, and for the farmers as well. Strengthening Species of Food A major problem in environmental science is that we are gradually losing entire species of food. While most people are entirely unaware that this is occurring, it is of great concern in the farming community. Organic farmers take great pride in trying to make sure this problem doesn’t continue by breeding many species to keep them in existence. These farmers are cataloguing every species and retaining seeds for future use and so that they can be reproduced in the event that one of them becomes extinct. Variety Every type of food has a healthier alternative now that organic food has been around for a while and because the harmful facts of non-organically produced food have come to light. While there is more education and funding needed to make sure everyone is aware of what they are putting in their bodies and to help farmers continue to be innovative and create products at lower costs, you can get almost anything you want in an organic form. The innovative farmers and scientists who work in the organic food industry have worked to create an alternative for virtually every food you can imagine, one that is healthier and produced the right way.
There are more reasons than the ten highlighted here as to why you should transition your family to an organic diet, but they all come down to health. Organically grown food is healthier for our environment, our planet, our communities and ourselves.
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