Why Organic?

After having my first baby, something suddenly consumed me that rarely crossed my mind prebaby days.
Organic food.

 

I knew how bad processed and conventional food was for me, but I was an adult.
This was my teeny, tiny baby.  Her body can't handle man made, unnatural crap.

 

So I started researching (as I seem to do obsessively).
And it wasn't so much benefits of organics, but the disadvantages and dangers of conventional food that sold me.
It's been a process, but we are primarily organic now, in our household.  And if not organic, then local.

 

It seems pretty obvious that organic is better, but a lot of people just see dollar signs attached to that word and not so much why organic is important

 

 

 

So here's a few reasons.

 

• Organic food is higher in nutrients.
  Organic food is higher in vitamin C, antioxidants, iron, magnesium, calcium
  
• Neurotoxin Free!
  Neurotoxins, also called pesticides cause brain and nerve damage.
  Children are especially susceptible to toxins, so being free of pesticides is super supportive of their growing bodies and brains.
  
• Buying organic helps our drinking water.  About half of the American drinking water is contaminated by pesticides.
• About 20% of GMO seeds and food that grow from them have been modified to produce their own pesticides.  Even after you've eaten the food, the pesticides will continue to wreck havoc in your body!
• Organic food is sustainable living, earth friendly, saves wild life (because the pesticides affect them too- harming thousands a year) and supports local farmers and their families. 
• Organic farms are safer environments to work at.
• Ripening gas is never used

 

 

• 30%-90% of pesticides/herbicides/fungicides are cancer causing!
• Lessens exposure to antibiotics, synthetic hormones and drugs
• Some pesticides don't just wash off
• Organic dairy has higher Omega-3s
• GMO crops cause auto-immune disorders (celiac disease, allergies, mutagenic affects, etc
• Organic farms are prohibited from using synthetic substances

Now a lot of times, words can be confusing and misleading.
Words like organic and natural.

So what's the difference?

Organic foods are ALWAYS certified by a third party to ensure it meets the standards.  Natural is not.

Always look for the USDA organic seal.

 

 

 

 

100% Organic means it was made with 100% organic ingredients.

Organic means it was made with 95% organic ingredients.

Made with Organic Ingredients means it was made with at least 70% organic ingredients.

 

Have you heard of the Monsato Act?

Crazy to think, with all the hard facts, that GMOs are still allowed.