| As we learn more about food and the
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| | developmental delays, motor dysfunction,
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| toxins that can often be found in our
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| | and behavioral disorders.
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| food, it is becoming clear that simply
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| | GMOs or genetically modified organisms
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| eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole
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| | can also have negative health impacts.
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| grains is not the only way to improve a
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| | Genetic engineering in food began in
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| diet. The purity of the food that you are
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| | order to try to increase the benefits
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| eating also needs to be taken into
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| | that can be found in certain types of
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| consideration. The way that food is grown
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| | fruits and vegetables. Beginning in 1994,
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| or raised can have an impact on your
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| | genetically engineered foods could be
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| health.
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| | found in supermarkets. The possible
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| What's the difference between
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| | negative health effects associated with
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| conventional food and organic food?
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| | GMOs include new or unknown allergies,
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| The main difference between conventional
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| | decreased levels of nutrition, increased
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| food and organic food is the way the food
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| | levels the toxins and antibiotic
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| is grown and processed. Conventional food
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| | resistance.
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| can contain chemicals from fertilizers
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| | As concern over food-borne illness has
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| and insecticides, but they are grown with
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| | increased, many countries have approved
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| natural fertilizers, crop rotation, and
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| | food irradiation, which is the exposure
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| animals are given space to roam freely.
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| | of food to a small amount of radiation in
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| There are legal standards that need to be
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| | order to kill bacteria, such as E.coli
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| met in order for food to be marked
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| | and Salmonella. During the radiation, the
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| organic. These standards include:
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| | food is exposed to known carcinogens, but
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| - The food must be grown in soil that
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| | the risks to the consumer are still
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| does not contain chemicals including,
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| | unknown.
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| sewage sludge, potassium chloride, or
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| | What are the benefits of eating organic
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| lead salts. The soil must be free of such
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| | foods?
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| chemicals for at least three years before
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| | Not only do organic foods eliminate the
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| the first organic harvest.
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| | dangers posed by pesticides, GMOs, and
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| - Food cannot be modified in any way.
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| | irradiation, but they also provide
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| This includes use of GMOs (genetically
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| | additional health benefits of their own.
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| modified organisms), irradiation and
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| | - They contain more antioxidants than
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| additives.
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| | conventional foods. Pesticides used in
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| - They must be kept separate from
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| | the growing of conventional food reduce
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| non-organic food through all of the
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| | the plant's chemicals that create
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| stages of growing and processing.
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| | antioxidants.
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| - Organic livestock must be fed food that
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| | - They have higher levels of magnesium,
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| is 100 percent organic.
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| | iron, calcium, and vitamin C, among other
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| - The animals must have access to the
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| | nutrients.
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| outdoors, including room for appropriate
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| | Where can I buy organic foods?
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| exercise.
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| | They can be found in most supermarkets or
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| What are the negative effects of
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| | groceries. Ask your grocer if your store
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| pesticides in conventional food?
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| | carries organic food. If not, they may be
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| Mount Sinai School of Medicine conducted
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| | able to begin to order more or direct you
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| a study that tested for pollutants in the
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| | to a nearby store that does carry organic
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| human body. An average of 84 chemicals
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| | foods. Once you start eating these foods,
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| was found in an individual's blood, some
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| | you will be well on your way to an
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| of which had been outlawed for years.
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| | improved diet that will leave you feeling
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| This is known as the "chemical body
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| | healthier than ever!
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| burden" and has been linked to
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