It is not that organic is better than conventional, it is the chemicals, toxins and pollutants used in the farming practices of growing conventional produce that makes choosing organically grown foods better.
Sadly to increase crop volume conventional growers use fertilizers that are not only harmful to the environment but harmful to the human body. These chemicals leach into the produce which is consumed by you and your family......and you are what you eat.
With organic farming less toxic farming practices are used. It is not to say that organic farmers do not use chemicals at all, they just use ones that are less harmful to the end user.....you and your family. Organic farming uses many forms of more sanitized practices that are deemed cleaner and safer for humans and therein the product from organic farming has less chemicals and toxins to pass along to you.
Children have been found to contain higher amounts of specific chemicals in their little bodies used in conventional farming v. children who have been raised eating similar organic foods having none or far reduced amounts.
The Environmental Working Group in the U.S. has put out many articles on this topic and has produced a list of produce we can buy conventional and the list of what it suggests we buy organic.
I hope this has helped inform you on this point, and you understand that eating organic is not better in terms of nutrient density, it is better because your body does not have to work to reduce the toxic load that comes with conventional foods.
Eating organic is about reducing the toxic load we carry in our bodies because of the exposure we face daily, our food, air , water and environment, if we can eat foods that are affordable and are less toxic why would you not want to?
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THE HEATHY DIVA
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