Why Buy Organic?

Organic food is more expensive than food grown by big Agra, so why should we buy it? Because big Agra’s food is depleted of important minerals, and is filled with pesticides, herbicides and fungicides and even worse is increasingly genetically altered, this puts our children’s ability to have children at risk.

Why should we buy organic? Well, to begin with, plants that are non-organically grown are sprayed with herbicides, fungicides and pesticides, which are as toxic to you as they are to pests. Second of all non-organic product can be genetically modified without mentioning the fact on the label. An example of how that might work is that genetically modified fruits and vegetables might be weed killer resistant – so the “farmer” can inundate this fields with weed killer so he doesn’t have to spend the money weeding, and you get the residual that’s left on the fruits and vegetables after harvesting as well as the changes in the plants themselves. In addition, your kid’s reproductive capacity is jeopardized, a side benefit of genetic engineering consistently found in test animals.

Recently I was given a book called “Country Wisdom and Know-How: Everything You Need To Know To Live Off The Land.” In that book I learned that 95% of healthy soil consists of minerals which are in a constant state of breaking down from the pebbles and rocks in the soil. The minerals feed the plants, the plants feed us. If the minerals are not breaking down the soil becomes sterile. The plants do not take up minerals and minerals are absent from your diet. Most agribusiness product (non-organic) contains few if any minerals. Agribusiness uses petrochemicals to force plants to grow. The result is big product with little nutrition. Indeed diseases like Type II Diabetes have been linked to an absence of minerals in diets…. Or should I say that Thomas Smith, as part of his program for reversing diabetes, had great results adding minerals along with omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids to his diet. I highly recommend a daily mineral supplement. Many of my clients have found that their energy increases substantially if they use a good trace mineral supplement. I recommend the company New Spirit Naturals for excellent and safe supplements.

Agribusiness is sneaky and you have to read labels.

• 100 percent organic. Products that are completely organic or made of all organic ingredients.

• Organic. Products that are at least 95percent organic.

• Made with organic ingredients. Products that contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients. The organic seal can’t be used on these products.

In terms of weight loss, the body stores toxins like pesticides, herbicides and fungicides in your fat. The more toxins you ingest, the more fat you need to store it in. As you begin to lose weight the toxins are released from the fats into your circulatory system and are then excreted through the kidneys as urine and through your skin as sweat. That is one of the reasons it is important to lose weight slowly and consistently – you want the toxins to be released slowly so that your body can excrete them easily. That is one of the reasons for drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day – so that your kidneys are encouraged to manufacture urine so that you can eliminate toxins rather than allow them to build in your body because your body isn’t hydrated enough.

A word to the wise.

When you go on a diet, be certain to take antioxidants. Antioxidants will bind with the toxins as you lose fat and help your body remove it safely from your system. Antioxidants are very important in our polluted world and will help your overall health. Since vitamin and mineral combinations need to be in balanced amounts, don’t try to construct your own antioxidant combinations, use a trusted source. Trusted sources do not include any antioxidant combinations you find in drug stores and supermarkets.