| People are exploring the world of organic food | | | | clean environments, fed organic, mineral rich feed |
| and discovering the many benefits of eating | | | | and permitted to roam freely. They are not given |
| organic health foods. Many people try every diet | | | | hormones of any kind or contained in pens, stalls |
| possible to lose weight and many different food | | | | or cages, as some animals are on commercial |
| combinations in feeble attempts at eating better | | | | farms. |
| without changing much in terms of the actual | | | | When you're eating organic food, what is not in |
| food. The newest trend in food is eating organic | | | | them is as important, if not more so, than what is |
| food and for good reason. Eating organic means, | | | | in them that benefits you. Artificial colors and |
| in English, that you are being better to yourself | | | | flavors, artificial sweeteners, additives and |
| and the earth because you're putting cleaner food | | | | preservatives are all prohibited in organic farming. |
| in your mouth. Let's discuss organic health food as | | | | This is important, especially for children as studies |
| a better food choice. | | | | suggest artificial colors and preservatives, among |
| You may be asking yourself why "organic" | | | | other ingredients, may contribute to hyperactivity |
| matters in terms of it being a healthier choice. It | | | | in children. |
| means produce has been raised without | | | | Another important reason why organic health |
| pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals | | | | food is better for you is what it lacks. Organic |
| commonly employed on commercial farms to | | | | farmers rotate their crops to allow the land to |
| ward off pests, inject nutrients into the soil and | | | | recover and fertilize the land with compost which |
| encourage growth. Dairy products are raised | | | | means everything is natural and chemical free. |
| without the hormones, such as bovine growth | | | | Birds and other natural pest control methods are |
| hormone, or BGH, that some commercial farms | | | | used on organic farms in lieu of pesticides and |
| employ to get more milk out of their dairy cows, | | | | herbicides. When these chemicals don't touch the |
| which translates into buttermilk, cream and | | | | food you eat, they don't touch you making |
| cheese among other products. Cows, goats, | | | | organic health food a healthier choice for you. |
| chickens and other farm animals are raised in | | | | |