Is consuming organic food worth the extra price you must pay for it???? The answer is an emphatic YES!!!!
Food that is not USDA Certified Organic is sprayed with pesticides. When we eat a delicious red apple that seems healthy on the outside but is showered in poison, it enters our body and over the years runs havoc, and can be the cause of cancers, immune system weakness, etc. Spending a few cents more now may save you thousands on doctor bills later! Now, if you are still not convinced, how about we start you out gently. The foods that you eat MOST often, buy organic. Those are the foods that are constantly going into your body on an ongoing basis and will cause the most harm! Also, another good rule of thumb is to buy organic the foods that you do not peel. The pesticides sit mostly on the skin, so apples, peppers, celery, strawberries, lettuce, grapes, spinach..to name a few are musts for buying organic! Let's not forget milk. If you buy milk that is not organic, you are drinking from a cow that has most likely been injected with hormones and/or antibiotics. On that note, if you are a meat eater, buy organic as well for those same reasons. Don't be tricked by labels that say, "natural" or "free range". Only buy if the labels say USDA Certified Organic or 100% Organic. As always, it is BEST to buy at your local farmer's market. There you'll get the freshest seasonal ingredients! Feel free to talk to the farmer before you buy and make sure it's organic though! To ease your mind, this is not as scary and difficult as you might imagine. Even Costco sells some of their produce items certified organic! Check the labels! Your grocery store will have a section of organic, and if it's a REALLY small section, talk to the grocery clerk and let him know that you would like to see a broader selection of organics. If more people do this, the organic sections will out grow the others! Let's all work on this together and really put out an effort to consume healthier, our bodies will thank us!
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