ARTICLE REVIEW : “COST VS. QUALITY - IS HEALTHY
EATING WORTH THE PRICE?”
SOURCE: TONIC MAGAZINE
DATE: APRIL
ISSUE
AUTHOR:
SHANNON KADLOVSKI
SUMMARY:
THIS ARTICLE
DISCUSSES THE NUTRITIVE AND COST VALUE OF CHOOSING NATURAL & ORGANIC FOODS
VERSUS COMMERCIAL NON-ORGANIC FOODS.
BY PRESENTING A COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE IT ASKS
THE READER TO CONSIDER CHOOSING ORGANICALLY GROWN FOODS.
MY OPINION:
THIS ARTICLE POSES AN IMPORTANT
MESSAGE ESPECIALLY TO PARENTS, THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEY PUT “ON” THEIR BODY
THAN WITH WHAT THEY PUT “IN” IT.
MANY PEOPLE
TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEIR CAR THAN THEIR BODY, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS A
CRIME. THERE IS NOT A MORE VALUABLE VEHICLE THAN THE HUMAN BODY!
HAVING BEEN A SINGLE MOTHER I AM AWARE THAT EATING A TOTALLY ORGANIC DIET
CAN BE COSTLY FOR MOST FAMILIES, BUT THIS ARTICLE SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT AS
EXPENSIVE AS WE MIGHT EXPECT AND THAT THE MONEY SPENT IS WELL WORTH THE
BENEFITS.
THIS ARTICLE
POINTS OUT THE FOODS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND THOSE THAT
ARE LESS HARMFUL IF NOT GROWN ORGANICALLY. IT GIVES A BASIC NUTRITIVE AND PRICE COMPARISON OF FOUR MAJOR FOOD GROUPS: MEAT, DAIRY, GRAINS AND PRODUCE. THIS IS VERY
HELPFUL WHEN SHOPPING FOR LARGER FAMILIES OR PEOPLE ON A FIXED BUDGET.
BECAUSE I AM
A FIRM BELIEVER OF EATING WITH AWARENESS, I AM HAPPY THAT THIS ARTICLE INFORMS
THE READER IN A BASIC WAY THAT OUR BODIES ARE MADE OF WHAT WE EAT AND OUR
HEALTH DEPENDS ON OUR CONSCIOUS CHOICES.
IF WE ALTER
THE DNA OR HORMONES OF OUR FOOD WE WILL NATURALLY ALTER THE SAME IN OUR OWN
BODY. IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT THE FOOD WE ARE EATING NOW IS
VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE FOOD WE ATE 30-50 YRS AGO. OUR MAINSTREAM LOW COST
FOODS ARE GENETICALLY ALTERED, FORCE GROWN WITH CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS,
PESTICIDES AND HORMONES, THEN TREATED TO EXTEND SHELF LIFE.
CHILDHOOD
CANCERS ARE INCREASING AS WELL AS AUTISM, ALLERGIES, BEHAVIORAL AND HORMONAL
DISORDERS.
I BELIEVE
THIS IS CAUSED NOT ONLY BY THE FOODS WE EAT BUT ALSO BY THE TOXINS IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW
PARENTS WHO FEED THEIR KIDS CHEAP WHITE BREAD, KRAFT SINGLES, COOKIES, CANNED
AND FROZEN VEGETABLES, PREPARED FOODS AND SAUCES, CHEAP SUGARY CEREALS,
MARGARINE, FROZEN CHICKEN FINGERS, HOTDOGS AND SO ON. THEIR KIDS ARE CONSTANTLY
SICK WITH COLDS, SKIN DISORDERS, CONSTIPATION AND OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS GUT
BACTERIA AS A NEWLY DISCOVERED CAUSE OF AUTISM. SEE THE RECENT PROGRAM ON LINE AT WWW.CBC.CA “THE
NATURE OF THINGS”-“Autism Enigma”.
THESE ARE
JUST THE IMMEDIATE SYMPTOMS OF A LIFE CONDEMNED TO ILLNESS.
AS WELL AS
FOR OUR OWN HEALTH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
FOR THE SAKE
OF OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE GROWING UP IN A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT, WITH A BIT OF EFFORT WE OWE IT TO
THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY EAT AND TO TEACH THEM HOW TO EAT FOR MAINTAINING
OPTIMAL HEALTH.
AFTER ALL, THEY ARE ULTIMATELY THE ONES THAT
WILL CHANGE OUR PLANET FOR THE BETTER OR THE WORSE.
“COST VS. QUALITY - IS HEALTHY
EATING WORTH THE PRICE?”
HARI AUM
BRENDA
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