ARTICLE REVIEW: ORGANIC VS. NON-ORGANIC

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.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN READING THIS ARTICLE YOU CAN FIND IT AT WWW.TONICTORONTO.COM

 “COST VS. QUALITY - IS HEALTHY EATING WORTH THE PRICE?”

HARI AUM

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