The simple facts are this, the more natural the food is to the way that GOD intended you to have it the better. The less processing the better, the less hands that touch it the better, the more fresh pure and unadulterated the better. Nobody has gardens anymore. Family farms do not exist; in fact they were put out of business by the corporate machine. We lost the institution that this country was built upon. We lost what made us one of the most dominating forces on the planet. We had abundance of everything, which turned to greed and now we need to catch up.
Most of you are not aware how your food comes to you and the journey that it makes. Most people do not eat food; they eat a bastardized relic of what was once something that resembled food. If it comes from a box, or a drive-thru, or is frozen, it is not really food.
Food used to be grown by people, some years were good and everyone ate well. Some years were bad and you were hungry. Enter science. With chemicals you could grow bigger, faster, more, with fewer bugs.
Fantastic! Enter genetic engineering. Now you could take traits that were favorable and remove ones that were not and build super plants. Great! Almost. Yes you can create them and yes some are good but some are worse off. Some are more susceptible to disease or predators, or you name it. When you begin to alter the way that GOD created perfection you are going to run in to problems at some point.
I grew up on a farm so I in fact know a thing or two on the subject. Crops are grown with chemicals. Chemicals that make them bigger, chemicals that keep the pests away, chemicals to do whatever is wrong at the time, the answer put more chemicals on it.
Animals are injected with growth hormones so they get bigger faster and can be sold at market. They are given chemicals so they produce more milk. Chemicals are all around farming. And they drive up the costs and the profits too. The amounts of pesticides that are used in our food are mind boggling. It might keep the pests away but at what cost. The EPA considers 60% of all herbicides, 90% of all fungicides, and 30% of all insecticides carcinogenic Source Ibid. The United States uses 1 billion pounds of pesticides per year.
If you do not think this is a problem go ask one of the workers in the fields in California who works on these mega farms that make most of the countrys produce. Ask about the health of him or his family. You will be shocked to find out that many have cancer, birth defects, or are dead as a result of working in those conditions.
As if this was not bad enough when these types of things make it into the spot light what do you think happens, they shift the production of produce to 3rd world countries where they do not have rules. No rules for dumping, usage of banned US chemicals, where, when, or how they may be used. The only thing that happens is they ship those babies right to your store to stock your shelves. Have you ever looked on the label where the produce is coming from? Not here.
Have you ever thought about why organic food is so expensive? Well it is a simple economics lesson, a case of supply and demand. The supply is low, ie. There are not a lot of farmers producing organic because the demand is low. We the people are not insisting on the constant supply to be in our stores. Because of this the product that is available can be sold for much higher of a price because it gets marked up the whole way. The farmer barely breaking even in fact.
So why is it important to buy and eat organic? The more people that do it the more people will produce it. Organic food has more nutrients, the soil that it grows in is richer, there are no chemicals used in production. Produce grown with chemicals is deficient due to the fact that those chemicals kill the nutrients in the soil, and thus the plant. Lets start a revolution! Demand that your stores carry organic produce. Power is in the numbers, if more people want it, they will get it.
Try tasting organic food just once and you will agree. It tastes better, looks better, is better for you, you feel different eating it. It is fantastic. Organic foods are popping up all over. The area where I live has a major grocer that has a whole section for organic foods, and they have been getting more and more selections. The reason is because the people have demanded it. You have a voice, make your choice, buy organic!
By eating the proper foods and while accepting chiropractic care you will feel your body begin to heal itself and energy levels will sky rocket!
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