According to the World Health Organization, each day 9 out of 10 children in America, age 6 months to age 5 are exposed to a combination of 13 different organophosphate insecticides in the foods they eat.
There was a study in 2007 that was on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. It talked about how 200 chemicals which are found in everyday consumer products cause breast cancer in animals. The research shows that by decreasing your chemical exposure and intake, you can prevent getting the disease.
If the food that you eat is not labeled “organic,” it will most certainly contain pesticides. Pesticides are designed to kill and are toxic to your body and your neurological system. Farmers today can choose between 21000 different kinds of pesticides to spray on their crop. Before 1950, pesticides were not used on farm crops and 1/3 of farmer’s crop was lost each year. Farmers use pesticides to cure problems such as bugs and weeds in hopes of maintaining and profiting from their growth. The funny thing is farmers today still lose 1/3 of their crop.
Diet sodas and drinks on the market labeled as “lite,” “sugarless” and “no sugar,” all contain artificial sweeteners. These are known hazards to our body. The cravings for carbohydrates and the hunger are both cause by aspartame. It also contains methanol which the body breaks down into FORMALDEHYDE! This is what’s used during the embalming process and it’s a known fact that formaldehyde causes cancer. In addition to aspartame, many of the drinks our kids and us are drinking, for that matter, contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is made from genetically modified corn and processed with genetically modified enzymes. When you go to the store next time, just look for GM or products labeled genetically modified. You will find them in 61% of what’s in the grocery store including flours, cereals, oils, salad dressings, mayonnaise, pies, chips, cookies, fried foods and candy coatings. GM means that genes are taken from one organism and inserted into another via a virus…..all this to speed up the process in making food. No one knows what the effects really are to the human health but every study, and they are so many, that I looked at had debilitating effects as a result to the human health. It makes sense if you think about it. It can’t be good to eat something that had a virus pumped into the cells to change the DNA of that plant. Corn, soy, canola oil, cottonseed oil and papaya all have GMOs in them. Only products with ingredients that are certified organic by the USDA are sure to not include harmful products and really are safe and healthy for our family.
It’s important to not just think about what you’re eating but what you are absorbing. Each cell in your body absorbs each and everything you put into your mouth. What’s good for the earth is good for you and your family’s tummy. Experts are very concerned with the rise of obesity and poor quality of diet and are forgetting that the nutrient content of the food going into our mouths. It’s important to think of the long term effects of the insanely high amounts of pesticides, antibiotics, and processed manufactured ingredients in nearly everything we are putting into our mouths. If the research shows it to be harmful to animals, don’t you think it would have harmful, probably worsening effects to human health?
Organic standards are developed by the USDA or United States Department of Agriculture. They are there to make sure that certified fruits, vegetables and grains are grown without the use of fungicides, pesticides, insecticides, chemical fertilizers and herbicides. They are also there to make sure food is made without the use of genetically modified, irradiated or treated with human or industrial remains. There is a seal now from the USDA requires in order for a product to be certified organic and can be found somewhere on the packaging. All Natural Moms is always looking for the best for our families and will always strive for organic and all natural food ingredients.
I wanted to end with this….
Reviewing 41 published studies comparing the nutritional value of organically grown and conventionally grown fruits, vegetables, and grains, certified nutrition specialist Virginia Worthington concluded there were significantly more of several nutrients in organic crops. These included: 27% more vitamin C, 21.1% more iron, 29.3% more magnesium, and 13.6% more phosphorus. In addition, organic products had 15.1% less nitrates than their conventional counterparts. She also noted that five servings of organic vegetables (lettuce, spinach, carrots, potatoes and cabbage) provided the recommended daily intake of vitamin C for men and women, while their conventional counterparts did not. Worthington said the results are consistent with known soil dynamics and plant physiology.
Source: “Nutritional Quality of Organic Versus Conventional Fruits, Vegetables, and Grains,” by Virginia Worthington, published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001 (pp. 161-173).
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