Why Eat Organic?

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 A testimony – awakening to organically grown food. The founder of OrganicDealDiva tells her story how she turned to organic food.

Why Eat Organic?

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Organic organic organic. That’s all you hear about, right?! Well, it’s for a good reason. You’re here because you want to eat organic, or you already are. We all have our own reasons for choosing organic foods and products. (Most of those reasons are the same – I’m gonna assume – but I’ve decided to give you my take on it). Here’s why I eat organic and strive to only feed my children organic.

(If you’re reading this, you probably know all of this, if you’re not an organic fan yet, hopefully I can change your mind)

Before I had children, my husband was very amendment about only buying organic and non-GMO products. (This was about 8 years ago). I was oblivious to what GMOs were and didn’t fully understand why we should eat organic.

I was merely frustrated at his refusal to go to our local grocery store to buy groceries. He would only buy organic, which at the time was almost impossible to find at a local retailer. So we drove (and we still do) to a Whole Foods – or similar store – to shop.

Then a few years later the documentary FOOD Inc. came out. I watched it, and it changed my world. I was disgusted at the lack of knowledge I had. How could I be ingesting foods with so many fillers, preservatives, pesticides, GMOs, hormones, antibiotics, and other unnecessary ingredients? Why is our country ingesting meats from animals that are so ill, they are pumped full of antibiotics?

I decided it was time to educate myself and understand what I was eating. (At this time I was working as a regional marketing director for a major pizza chain. I won’t name names).

The economy tanked around that time, and I decided to go back to school to become a RN. I loved learning about the body in depth and how our health is so affected by not only how active we are, but mainly what we’re putting into our bodies.

Switching job fields into an area I can focus on health and wellness was the best decision I ever made. My passion for health and wellness was now my job.

Years later we started our family. Organic food was the only option for our kids as well. Why you ask? Well here’s my top reasons:

1) Pesticides – WHY why why would anyone want to ingest them willingly? More than 600 active chemicals are registered for agricultural use in the US. This equates to billions of pounds a year. The average application equates to about 16 pounds of chemical pesticides per person every year. Many of these chemicals were approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before extensive diet testing.

2) Avoid GMOs – Genetically engineered (GE) food and genetically modified organisms (GMO) are contaminating our food supply – and fast! The repercussions are currently beyond our understanding but there is much speculation that they are causing ailments and illnesses (Which I completely agree with). What’s even scaryier, GMO foods do not have to be labeled in America! Which is why you see Non-GMO or GMO-free labels on many organic brands. Organically grown food cannot be genetically modified in any way, choosing organic is the only way to be sure that foods that have been genetically engineered stay out of your diet. Who needs food from a lab right!? (Vermont is actively trying to change these rules, and hopefully the rest of the nation follows).

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