Why You Should Consider Buying Organic Food
Besides the fact that organic food tastes better and it reduces the amount of cancer-causing chemicals that enter your body, there are plenty
of other very good reasons why you should buy organic food. Here are just a few:
Organic Meat Comes From Healthier Animals
The animal from which you got your meat is guaranteed to have been healthy throughout its life. Why? Part of the criteria governing organic
products is agreeing not to use antibodies to treat an illness. Animals that are raised with the ultimate goal of being organic are raised in
more humane conditions (as outlined by the United States’ Humane Society). These better living conditions result in healthier animals and
healthier animals simply are less prone to illness and disease. Of course, nothing can guarantee an animal will never become ill, and
occasionally one will require antibiotics to cure an ailment. When this situation happens however, the animal that was treated with the
antibiotics must be removed from the organic farm. The affected animal loses its organic status and is usually sold to a conventional farm where
it lives out the remainder of its life.
Buying Organic Is A Form of Protest
When you buy organic food, you’re basically making a statement that you care about what you’re putting into your body. So much is happening to
our food before it enters the supermarket. We hear about it, yet we do nothing to stop it. If you ever took a few moments to think about all that
food is exposed to, from start to finish, the details likely would boggle your mind. Sure, all that perfectly-shaped produce and those rather
full-sized chicken breasts look enticing, but those perfections are the end result of growth hormones, genetic engineering, and an abundance of
pesticides and fertilizers. You’ve probably heard the saying, “Nature is not perfect” countless times, yet time and again you continue to reach
for that perfect tomato. When you buy organic, you are in effect saying you don’t want to be part of that scene any longer. When enough people
buy organic, and more are making the switch every day, food companies will be forced to listen to consumers.
It’s Something You Can Do to Protect the Environment
The chemicals that go onto the fields that produce the fruits and vegetables you eat and that feed the cows and pigs that turn into your
hamburgers and pork chops contaminate the soil and the water. This affects the animals that live off the land and it also contaminates the
environment. When you choose foods that are produced without these cancer-causing chemicals, you are not adding to this problem. Your purchases
likely won’t put an end to environmental damage, but as with all things in life, change begins with one person. Get a few friends to change their
buying and eating habits, and then have them get a few friends to change and soon enough, a sizeable impact will be in the works.
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