| Is Organic Food really better? I believe | | | | show up in your body:peaches, apples, |
| it to be so. By buying organic fruits | | | | bell peppers, celery and nectarines. |
| and vegetables will cut the amount of | | | | Onions and avocados score the lowest. |
| pesticides in your body by an | | | | More offenders of pesticide carriers are |
| unbelievable 90%. | | | | strawberries, cherries, pears, imported |
| In Canada, it has been said in | | | | grapes, spinach, lettuce and potatoes. |
| Chatelaine September 2007 that: 'no | | | | If you use organic, once again, you will |
| dairy product produced in Canada - | | | | have reduced approximately 90% of |
| organic or not - contain growth | | | | pesticides. |
| hormones.' This is a good thing and | | | | Even in Beef, the director of McGill |
| thanks to a federal decision to ban | | | | Office for Science Society and |
| bovine growth hormone. Some experts link | | | | department of chemistry admitted that |
| high amounts of rbST to breast and | | | | there are trace amounts of hormones in |
| prostate cancer. In Canada milk is so | | | | conventional meat. Beef cattle is raised |
| highly regulated that if even a trace of | | | | in a strictly controlled environment |
| antibiotic is found the entire load is | | | | that is designed to produce the most |
| destroyed. But there is a possibility of | | | | meat at the least cost. We can't blame |
| pesticide residue that can still exist | | | | the cattle rancher as it is simply a |
| in conventional milk. So what would your | | | | smart business decision to stimulate the |
| choice be? | | | | growth of the rancher's product. He's |
| Organic Milk would be mine. Especially | | | | not growing cows for fun. The regulation |
| considering that milk is used in a lot | | | | has to start at the top and the only way |
| of recipes. | | | | to influence the industry is to insist |
| Fruits and vegetables grown organically, | | | | on organic food products. Would you |
| certainly would be a positive choice and | | | | believe that beer and eggs contain even |
| used in organic food recipes, it feels | | | | more estrogenic compounds? |
| much safer knowing they are not covered | | | | I believe that the more often you use a |
| in pesticides. | | | | food, you should consider buying |
| Did you know that the following veggies | | | | organic, especially knowing that eggs |
| and fruits are in the top five produce | | | | have estrogenic compounds in them and we |
| that when you eat them, the contaminants | | | | use eggs to cook with frequently. |