Fitness Training and equipment - Article Number Eight

Organic Vs Non-Organic Foods

This month’s article is looking at organic foods and analysing what it is that makes them better for us than other non-organic foods. To start this off let us first understand what the term organic means. Organic foods are made in a way that limits the use of synthetic materials during production. For the vast majority of human history, agriculture was always organic; only during the 20th century was a large supply of new synthetic chemicals introduced into the food supply. Much of today’s foods are laced with toxic industrial chemicals and additives due to the way it is grown, packaged, produced and manufactured.

As a result of these new methods many people and the industry as a whole have financially prospered, but as much as they have gained, we have lost out, with far less good quality ‘nutrition’ on offer down the aisles. Furthermore, the industrial toxins act as poisons to the enzyme systems which we depend on, which unfortunately is one of the many factors resulting in a decline in national health.

How do I know the food is organic? Well by law in the UK organic foods have to illustrate that they are, so keep a look out on those packets!

To summarize here are my five top reasons why we should be choosing organic next time at the supermarket.

1. Your well being – Its healthier, the bad fats and additives are banned under organic standards.

2. The environment – Organic farming releases less greenhouse gases than other farming reducing the carbon footprint.

3. Animal welfare – Organic standards stipulate that animals are given a truly free range existence.

4. Protecting the wildlife – Organic farms are havens for wildlife, furthermore the governments own advisors found that plant, insect and bird life is up to 50% greater on organic farms.

5. GM – free – Genetically modified crops and ingredients are banned under organic standards.

Rather alarmingly over a million tonnes of genetically modified crops are imported each and every year to feed non-organic livestock which produces pork, bacon, milk, cheese and other dairy products. I hope I have given you enough reasons to at least start making some, if not all, better choices out in the food shopping world.