As people are becoming more aware of fitness and the benefits of having a healthy lifestyle, there are changes happening in their food habits like never before. A new addition, in the race of leading a healthy lifestyle is adapting to “Organic Foods”. Before moving onto how beneficial it really is to have organic food, let’s first understand what Organic food actually means.
Definition of Organic Food
According to the Nutrition States Department of Agriculture (USDA), organic foods are described this way:
Organic meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering or ionizing radiation.
Is organic food really better than non-organic food? Lets understand the difference between both.
- Organic food does not contain dangerous pesticides. Though there are studies which show that the minimal amounts of residues of chemical pesticides found on non-organically grown foods are not dangerous for health.
- Studies show that children who maintain conventional diets have more pesticides in their bodies than those who eat organic foods. Some experts believe that these pesticides may possibly lead to problems impeding with normal neurological development.
- Many organic food advocates also wish to avoid the antibiotics and growth hormones that are used on conventionally grown farm animals. These substances pass from the dairy products and meat we eat into our bodies. This use of antibiotics may be one of the causes of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
