| Perhaps you have been hearing about raw food | | | | pesticides and fertilizers, your body has to figure |
| diet plan or organic food diet plan. Food that is | | | | out a way to get rid of the toxins. When the |
| grown or raised without chemical pesticides or | | | | body cannot get rid of toxins fast enough, it |
| chemical fertilizers is called “organic.” | | | | stores them until it has time to eliminate them. |
| We’ve become so used to getting by with | | | | This can lead to many health problems. |
| foods that have been grown with fertilizers and | | | | Many of the pesticides used in farming have been |
| that contain detrimental toxins, that we’ve | | | | found to be carcinogenic. Decreasing your |
| forgotten what it’s like to feel truly | | | | exposure to these toxins can improve your |
| “well.” We don’t know how good we | | | | health. True, some people eliminate toxins well. |
| can really feel. | | | | Still, the body needs to expend energy to |
| Why else would you choose to eat organic food? | | | | eliminate toxins when it could be doing other |
| We pay a lot in terms of flavor and nutrition to | | | | things such as healing impaired cells, fighting off |
| eat perfect-looking food. Yes, organic food might | | | | viruses and bacteria, or patrolling the body for |
| have an occasional bruise on its flesh – but so | | | | cancer cells. |
| does food that’s been sprayed with unfriendly | | | | Even people who can tolerate or eliminate toxins |
| chemicals. Organic food, though, are generally | | | | could feel substantially better without putting |
| fresher and more flavorful. Many times, | | | | these poisons into their bodies. And if your |
| they’re grown locally, so they haven’t | | | | system is sensitive to toxins, you’ll be much |
| been stored or refrigerated. Take for instance the | | | | better off eliminating them from your diet as |
| difference in flavor between a vine-ripened | | | | much as possible. Fortunately, it’s easier to do |
| tomato and a regular tomato. There’s just no | | | | this because there’s a greater choice and |
| comparison. | | | | variety of organic produce in our grocery stores. |
| The body has to process everything you put into | | | | These are the reasons why more and more |
| it and get rid of what it cannot digest. If your | | | | people have been considering a raw food diet. |
| food contains toxins in the form of chemical | | | | |