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Everything You Need to Know When Shopping for Organic
Produce
by Scott White
If you’ve
ever taken the time to examine your produce labels in the store, you
probably noticed the numeric code on it. What do these numbers mean?
Well, if the code has only four digits, this means it is commercial
produce, making it a lower grade than organic produce.
Studies
show that commercial produce contains, on average, 40% less nutrients
than organic produce. One reason for the lower nutrient levels has to do
with the chemicals required to give the produce a longer shelf life.
These chemicals both cause the produce to taste bad and be potentially
dangerous for the body.
It has been
proven that an orange can lose up to 75% of its nutrient quality within
its first 10 hours of removal from the tree. What this means for the
consumer is that it becomes even more difficult to stay lean and
healthy, because essentially we need the nutrients not the calories.
So what
else do the labels tell us? Well, if the numeric code contains five
digits and doesn’t begin with an 8, it is organic;
however, a code that does begin with an 8 indicates a GMO (genetically
modified organism). This garbage, perhaps the worse produce you can buy,
is created when we 'create' plants that produce their own pesticides and
garbage.
Here’s a
free tip: NEVER consume anything that is genetically
modified. (You may not be aware that virtually all soy products are
genetically modified in some way.) Mother nature intended you to eat
things the way they occur in nature — so whenever you eat food that has
been altered in an unnatural way, differently from the way Mother Nature
intended it, you are inadvertently causing harm to some part of your
body.
No one
would argue that our technology has made things much more convenient for
us, but the downside to all this advancement is that it is also causing
us to have more diseases and health problems — and making us fatter and
fatter everyday.
Do your
best not to alter your food too much. Microwave ovens are very bad for
you because they radiate your food and change its molecular structure.
For optimal health, stay away from this device that destroys the
nutrients in your food...unless you want more disease, more health
problems, and to keep on getting fat.
Your level
of health — and that of your family — truly is up to you.
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