Shouldn’t Everyone Be Eating Natural And Organic Food?

This, to me, is very obvious. There are reasons for the escalating rates of deadly diseases, as well as the onset of conditions such as allergic reactions. How, then, do most of us deal with the problem? We use more chemicals – medicinal drugs. To me, this is unbelievable, and quite ridiculous.

Eating natural and organic foods provided by our environment is surely our only hope for better health, as well as for healing and recovery from diseases.

A word of caution regarding eating natural and organic foods

Just want to make a point here. It would be a mistake to think that, just because one is on a diet of organic foods, that one is definitely on a healthy diet.

Even within every different kind of diet, there is room for the good and the bad. If one eats a lot of unhealthy fats and a lot of sugar from organic food sources, one would still be likely to develop dangerous diseases.

Demand for natural and organic food is rising worldwide

There is literally a worldwide explosion in demand for organic natural food products. This is down largely to an increase in awareness.

People are beginning to realize the numerous dangers of chemical-laden foods and their link with our escalating rates of degenerative diseases. Correspondingly, supply is rising to meet demand. Variety of organic products is expanding, too.

It is said that the number of organic farmers worldwide rises by more than 10% each year, while the overall market for organic products grows by some 20% each year since the early 90s. From 2002 to 2006, worldwide sales of organic foods have almost doubled, increasing by almost 75%.

I can’t verify these figures, but the gist is that, although the sales of organic foods still only form a small proportion of total food sales worldwide, the organic niche is getting larger, and still growing. Its growth figures significantly dwarf the growth figures of conventional food products, which is typically perhaps only about 1 to 3% per year in many countries.

And this is taking place in both developed as well as developing countries.

Returning to natural organic food is the future

Organic food production and consumption come with many advantages. In addition, there are also numerous health benefits of consuming organic foods.

As far as I’m concerned, in terms of long-term sustainability, both in terms of human health and the welfare of animals and the environment, organic farming methods is the only way to go. Human beings need to go back to basics – a return to producing and eating natural and organic food.

And that is what I feel is going to happen.

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