Organic Food

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Organic Food
What is organic food?
There is a very big definition about the organic food, but in conclusion the organic food, is food which has been produced to standards designed to keep the production more “Natural”. The organic produce, are grown of a nature state, for instance, without the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, and the animals whichproduce meat, eggs or dairy products don’t take antibiotics or growth hormones. But, how you can identify the organic food? Before a product can be labeled "organic," a Government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet organic standards. Companies that handle or process organic food before it gets to your localsupermarket or restaurant must be certified, too.
To certify the accreditation of these standards, producers are subjected to a process of analysis and testing, analyzed water, soils, management plans, methods of preparation
and products, among others, and awarded the Certificate
Organic once the requirements are fully covered, a process, the most of the times this kind of process could takeseveral years
.It is evident that, if the process of the organic food is completely natural , it give you a lot of benefits, firstly in your body, you could obtain more nutrients, but also the benefits of the organic food are not only for our body, are for the environmental too. But like everything it has advantages and disadvantages, to be more specific first we are going to start to describe allabout the pros and cons that it promote in your body. Secondly the importance that it has in the environment and all the things that we can take care to live in a better world.
In the first place some recently published studies have shown organic foods to have higher nutritional value. For example, recently had found that the organic spinach, lettuce, cabbage and potatoes, have higher levels ofvitamin “C” which help our body to maintain high defenses well, the magnesium which is one of the is one of the most needed minerals for our body.
Another important advantage is that organic processed food contains no hydrogenated fat, this has been linked to heart disease, and as a result if you consume organic options you can help to protect your heart.
One very important advantage is that itprotect the quality of life of future generations. We are stewards of the land, as such, responsible for the
quality of resources that future generations will inherit. Organic foods, provide a safe diet, free of residues of pesticides and synthetic chemicals, many of
which are carcinogenic. And if you are concerned about how animals are fed and kept in free-range conditions.
Furthermore thereare some disadvantages too, for instance the organic food is more expensive than non-organic food. In addition some scientific research has found that organic food is no safer or more nutritious than food produced by conventional means, another opinion of some Scientifics is that organic food is not necessary always better for you or the environment. For example another disadvantage is that peoplewho chose the organic food may do it because the think that organic produce tastes better or they believe that it is safer, more nutritious, better for animas welfare or better for de environment, however, some of this views are popular misconceptions and aren´t actually true. In addition some negative views about the organic food but in my opinion the price could be a small problem because, someof this products cost the same, or sometimes less that the non-organic food, for example the coffee, the rice, the honey, etc.
Moreover if we talk about the environmental benefits of organic food, this is perhaps one of the most important factor why a lot of people are starting to eat more healthy, as days goes, more people is interesting on how their food is prepared and where the actual...
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