Food For Thought

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Greetings:

 

Of particular interest, an exerpt taken from Nomi Shannon, author of "The Raw Gourmet"

 

Why Eat Organic Food?Until recently, the notion of growing and consuming organic food has been regarded as unnecessary by the majority of people. Now the reason for consuming as much organicfood as possible has finally become self-evident. The public has started to realize that events of the past 50 years have in large part created the need to eat as close to 100% organic as possible.Until recently, you probably bought your groceries at your favorite supermarket and didn't think much about it. Now, more and more consumers are seeking out organic food- and with good reason. Environmental pollution has put more stress on your body than ever before in history. And chemicals never meant for human consumption may be found in every step of the food chain.The world has experienced an exponential growth in the use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides since World War II. In

1990, it was estimated that farmers in the United States applied 20 billion gallons of fertilizers and 2 billion gallons of pesticides to our food upplies. A profusion of chemicals have been developed to preserve food and prolong shelf-life, not necessarily with the understanding of what will happen with those chemicals in the human body over a period of time or from generation to generation.Many of the foods on the grocery shelf are processed, and chemically derived additional nutrients have been added to their ingredients. All of this only serves to underscore your need for whole, natural, organic food on your table.The combined factors of depleted soil leading to less nutritious food, pollution in the environment leading to greater health challenges, and the addition of chemicals never meant for human consumption in almost every step of the food chain, are leading more and more people to the same conclusion: to enjoy optimal health you are going to

have totake matters into your own hands and seek out the most nutritious, natural, chemical free food that you can find for yourself.

 

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Hello Raw Soul: Thanks for sharing. The discussion from Nomi Shannon

reminds me of a conversation I had with someone a few weeks ago, when

they were asking me why I wasn't eating the cooked food from a potluck.

I explained why I was eating raw foods and my friend asked me if the

salad I was eating contained organic lettuce. I told her I didn't think

it did because it had come from the grocery store, and in everyday life

I can't always do all organic. My friend indicated that she had had a

conversation with her doctor who said if you can't do all organic, then

certainly do any type of lettuce leaves you are eating. Lettuce retains

almost 100% of the pesticides which don't wash out, even if the lettuce

is soaked in whatever...so I buy at least organic lettuce, and since

that conversation pretty much 100 percent organic...thanks for the

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