Organic food does not only have a physical effect on the health of the body. It also has a strong mental and emotional impact. Eating a natural diet, free of chemicals, brings you closer to nature. When you choose to eat foods that are produced with the least possible damage to the environment, it says a lot about you. This underlines a certain sensitivity to nature, to animals, and to the sustainability of the human species.
Eating organic can bring some peace of mind, knowing that you are trying to harm the planet as little as possible. You are at peace with Mother Nature because you do not encourage those who abuse her. As a thank you, she will keep you healthy with the organic foods she gives you. Because the reverse is true: by eating conventional foods, obtained from chemical fertilizers and pesticides, it cannot help but find a little of it in your diet. Fruits and vegetables obtained through industrial agriculture are often accompanied by toxic residues that are hazardous to health. Especially if the intake accumulates with age.
The two common reasons people switch to rganic food are first and foremost for health and the environment. On the health side, products from organic farms have, according to some research, high levels of phytochemicals and antioxidants that are much higher than those found in traditional products. They are also free from the toxic elements and chemical residues that are common in products from industrial agriculture. We can therefore say that unrefined foods contain more vitamins and nutrients, and at the same time fewer heavy metals and harmful residues for health. The superiority of the nutrient content of organic foods comes from the use of natural fertilizers, such as manure. Chemicals commonly found in industrial fertilizers as well as in commercial pesticides dramatically dampen the ability of plants to produce phytochemicals as well as antioxidants. Industrial synthetics unfortunately reduce the need for plants to produce extracts that will help them absorb nutrients and fight pests and diseases. An organically grown plant therefore develops a better defense against these pests and diseases. Since industrial agriculture depletes the soil by destroying nutrients with chemicals, the consequence is that as plants grow in the soil, nutrients are depleted until the land becomes almost infertile. Sometimes the soil even becomes unsuitable for agriculture.
If you choose to eat organic, a great accomplishment is producing your own little garden. Growing your own organic food can bring you so much closer to nature. By gardening, we develop respect for the land, we try not to intoxicate it. We get great satisfaction from seeing what we have sown, watered, and maintained grow. You risk becoming attached to Mother Nature, by tilling the soil yourself, removing weeds manually, and using natural fertilizers like manure. Many people have only experienced buying fruits and vegetables in grocery stores. Growing your own vegetable garden with your children helps to teach toddlers where the food they eat comes from. They become much better citizens, who will not take nature for granted. When it is finally time to harvest, you will fully realize how nature provides for those who care for it. Some doctors and psychologists even consider gardening to be a calming activity for the mind. Gardening is a calming hobby that changes ideas and greatly reduces stress.
A saying goes: you are what you eat! To stay in shape and live a long, healthy life, it is therefore more than desirable to go organic! Not just for you, but for the earth too!