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Is it Really the COST of Organic Food?

I recently had cause, to pause, and began toIt struck me that when we really THINK about
wonder if the choice to NOT eat organic foodall the many different ways we spend money,
is REALLY about the cost......or is itand the justifications we use to support our
something  else?choices, it's irrational, even borderline
crazy!
IS IT REALLY ABOUT THE COST OF EATING ORGANIC
FOOD?We are willing to pay a lot of money for
things that offer us instant gratification,
Eating organic food doesn't COST us time. Itor that we convince ourselves are good for us
doesn't force us to compromise time we couldand our families. But when it comes to
be spending with our families. It doesn'tspending a few more dollars per month on
dictate when we get up, when we eat lunch,eating organic food, many people look the
when we go home, or what we do on anyother way and can't seem to find the
particular day of the week. Let's say, forjustification in it. Many people simply use
example, like a J-O-B does. But think aboutthe  "excuse"'.."we  can't  afford  it".
the lengths we go to get a job, or keep a
job. Think about the daily sacrifices andAre we taking responsibility for our own
long-term compromises we make relative to ahealth and well being? Are we teaching our
job.children how to make healthier choices for a
lifetime, or are we teaching them how to make
Yes, we need jobs to provide for ourchoices for the moment, in the moment,
families. But we also need our health to bewithout any regard for their future? And not
able to go to those jobs and continueonly the future of their own health, but the
providing for our families for many years tofuture of their environment; the world they
come.will live in for years to come? Have we
become so self-serving that we are incapable
Eating organic food simply costs us "dirtyof thinking about the world around us and our
paper"; which we call "money". When we chooseresponsibility  to  it?
to buy organic food, over conventional food,
we make the choice to exchange money forSo is it really about the COST of eating
healthy, wholesome, chemical free food thatorganic food, or is it about the compromises
nourishes our body and, in return, we getand the responsibilities we must all make and
better health, longer life and a TRUE sensetake?
of  well  being.
Or are we really saying we don't want to
We exchange that same dirty paper for manyspend money on organic food, because there is
other things, and what do we REALLY get backno instant gratification and it requires us
in  return?to sacrifice other things that we are not
willing  to  give  up?
*  A  fancy  house.
The question then becomes, are we willing to
*  Nice  furniture.DO MORE for ourselves and our families health
and well being? Are we willing to eliminate
*  Designer  clothes.even some of the excess and some of the
non-beneficial things in our lives for a
*  Luxury  vehicles.lifetime  of  results?
*  Exotic  vacations.Believe me, I do not stand here in judgment
of anyone! There is definitely more I can do
* The latest and greatest in technologies andfor myself, and my family. There are still
gadgets.many ways in which we can take even more
responsibility for ourselves, and the
*  Fast  food.environment.
With the exception of the last item listedBut I am convinced it all starts with the way
above, some might argue that these thingsin  which  we  think.
improve the quality of their lives. That's
fine. But how substantial is that "quality ofIf we think spending more on organic food is
life" and how valuable are these "materialcostly, then it will be. It will cost you
things"  if  you  have  poor  health?something, whether it's in dollars or lack of
convenience,  or  time,  or  effort.
It is strongly suggested that the hormones in
conventional foods are causing our kids toBut if we think healthy. And we honestly
reach puberty years earlier, which as we allexamine the ways in which we spend the monies
know, is not a natural thing and creates awe have now, on a day-to-day, month-to-month
whole  host  of  issues.basis, I KNOW we can all do more with that
money. The cost of eating organic food
It is a scientific fact that there arebecomes an issue of what it costs us to NOT
chemicals and toxins and even cancer causingeat  organic  foods.
ingredients in non-organic varieties of foods
and  beverages  we  consume  regularly.We can all AFFORD to create a healthier life
and teach our kids to make healthier choices
There's no arguing that there are manythat will yield everyone bigger and better
products we use daily that are polluting ourresults  for  a  lifetime.
air and water, slowly but surely, destroying
the  environment  we  live  in.I encourage you to take a moment and as
yourself'..is it REALLY about the COST of
Yet, every day, we make choices that not onlyorganic food? It could be your family's first
don't support our health and well being, butstep towards making small changes that can
actually harm us on a very regular basis. Andgrow into a lifetime of better choices and
the  EXCUSE  we  use  is  "COST".improved health.



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