The Health Benefits Of Consuming Organic Food

No matter whether the health effects of these chemicals are known, the truth is, our bodies are not well adapted at all to them; for thousands of years, human beings ate fresh, clean foods, but suddenly in the last couple of hundred years, we are loading up on various harmful chemicals. The escalating rates of degenerative diseases tell their own story!

Again, avoidance of these harmful man-made chemicals is another of the key health benefits of organic food consumption.

Avoidance of genetically modified (GM) foods

Then there is genetic modification (GM) or genetic engineering, something which I am extremely uncomfortable with. When human beings cross the line in their tampering with nature, undesirable, even disastrous, consequences normally result.

Again, even if the health effects of genetically engineered or modified foods are still uncertain, I feel that our bodies would not be well adapted to them at all. In my view, the negative effects of GM foods on the body will likely take years, perhaps even generations, to surface.

But I am quite certain that negative effects will surface, sooner or later. Our bodies are supposed to eat natural foods, and react best to them.

GM foods, to me, are very scary. It is a dodgy path which we are trotting on.

And I see being able to avoid GM foods as one of the more significant health benefits of organic food consumption.

Maintenance of a healthy body weight

Most of the health benefits of organic food which I have discussed so far involve avoiding the harmful effects of most conventional foods. Now, one of the direct positive health benefits of organic food consumption is that you will be more likely to maintain a healthy weight.

This is because organic foods are nutritionally packed, and once your body’s nutritional needs are met, you no longer feel hungry, and can stop eating.

The problem with many of today’s diets is that they are filled with refined and junk foods which contain little more than empty calories and harmful chemicals. Because your body’s nutritional needs are not met, it continues to crave for more food. The result? More eating, overeating, obesity, and a whole host of serious diseases.

Children, too, can experience the health benefits of organic food

Organic food products are especially beneficial for infants and children, as they are more susceptible to the harmful effects of chemicals at that young age.

Further, we would also want the foundation for their bodies at that young age to be constructed using the best and healthiest building blocks, with minimal contamination.

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