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Organic Farms Make Healthy Plants Make Healthy People

 

Organic foods are richer in minerals and vitamins and

relatively free from harmful chemicals and additives.

Dr. Eva Novotny

 

The importance of good food and good soil – a page from

history People in the industrialised Western world rely

increasingly on ready-prepared meals and packaged foods.

For increased shelf life, some of the ingredients will have

been refined, with the most nutritionally valuable

components (such as the germ and bran of grains) discarded,

and extra chemicals added as preservative or as flavouring

or colour. At the same time, there is rising incidence of

heart disease, cancers, diabetes, allergies and other

disorders. Could there be a connection between diet and

disease?

 

The British doctor Sir Robert McCarrison had asked this

question 80 years ago while working in India, and his

experience was described in a book by GT Wrench first

published in 1938, and reprinted twice since [1].

McCarrison was struck by the marvellous health of certain

native peoples, especially those living in Hunza, and

wondered why that was the case. (A disheartening footnote

must be added to the story of the people of Hunza. Already

in the 1930s, with increased exposure to Western ways, their

remarkable health had begun to decline. ) The natives

enjoyed freedom from disease and life-long vitality despite

their exceptional longevity. Their healthy mental state was

reflected in their freedom from quarrelling and exceptional

cheerfulness.

 

 

 

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