Organic farming...healthy plants...healthy people.

September 5, 2006

========================================================Organic Farms Make Healthy Plants Make Healthy PeopleOrganic 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. Read the rest of this article herehttp://www.i-sis.org.uk/OrganicFarmsHealthyPlants.phpOr'>http://www.i-sis.org.uk/OrganicFarmsHealthyPlants.phpOr read other articles in the sustainable and organic agriculture section of the Institute of Science in Society Websitehttp://www.i-sis.org.uk/susag.php========================================================This article can be found on the I-SIS website athttp://www.i-sis.org.uk/OrganicFarmsHealthyPlants.php "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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