Going organic seems to be the way things are going these days. Everywhere you shop, you see "All Natural", "Organic", and other trendy words of the green movement in the food industry. But to be a careful buyer, you will still read the labels thoroughly before purchasing anything.
What? Can't pronounce all those long, scientific-sounding names on that label? That only means one thing - TROUBLE! The number one rule to remember when buying organic is:
"If you can't read it, don't eat it!"
Okay, sure . . . some of those long, hard-to-pronounce terms are just things we call "iron" or "Vitamin E" in normal, everyday English. But if those so-called naturally-occurring ingredients are supposed to be a part of the real food in the package, then why did they have to be "added"? The real question here is, "Did these additives come from nature or someone's laboratory?" More likely than not, they came from a lab, meaning that they have been manufactured and are probably Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's). So what's organic about that?
We must remember that anything that is not naturally grown is an ingredient that our bodies just do not process. Our liver and other cleansing organs/processes of the body become confused, go into overdrive trying to decide what to do with the foreign substances they have encountered, and finally just store in our organs, bones, and tissues because they don't know what to do with them. Just as a water "filter" removes and holds the impurities of your water until it it becomes more toxic than the water and has to be changed, so do your liver, kidneys, gall bladder and pancreas. But you can't change them. There's no such thing as a real "body shop". It requires major surgery to repair/replace your body's vital organs, and even then you will never be the same.
Okay, enough of the graphic stuff, true as it is. I think you get the picture. Even the smallest amount of "fake" food is stored in your body, which has an accumulative effect. Over the years, the results become chronic, painful conditions that we consider to be part of "getting older". At worst, diagnoses pronounce cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening diseases and conditions.
So, what's a body to do? Firstly, read those labels! Don't be fooled by terms like "spices" or "flavorings", which can are legally used (thanks, FDA) to disguise over 1,000 different chemical additives! Do some personal research about the laws of labeling - you'll be surprised and disgusted at how the food industry is allowed to feed you poison as long as you don't know about it.
Of course, I will be blogging about a lot of other information that I hope you find interesting and useful as you walk out a healthier lifestyle. And please remember...I'm no scientist, but I have and still am studying to enable myself to make the very best choices when it comes to what I eat. I don't always make the most intelligent ones, but I keep trying.
As a fairly healthy 60-year old, I want to live as vitally as I can, for as long as I can. I don't want to be doddling around on a cane at 70, unable to wipe the dribble from my mouth when I'm fed. I am a firm believer that "you are what you eat", so I must keep working toward that goal. My maternal grandmother was 97 when she went to be with the Lord peacefully in her sleep. She and my grandfather farmed their entire lives, so I had a healthy start. But that was 50 years and many agricultural so-called "advances" in fertilizers, chemically-induced growth hormones, and pesticides ago. We were a much healthier culture back then. But that's another blog.
You can also get information from the website www.essentiallyorganiconline.com. There, we have information, recipes, and an organic buying club.
You are invited to respond and/or comment, as long as it is respectiful and void of profanity or any derrogatory statements concerning those who may share these views.
What? Can't pronounce all those long, scientific-sounding names on that label? That only means one thing - TROUBLE! The number one rule to remember when buying organic is:
"If you can't read it, don't eat it!"
Okay, sure . . . some of those long, hard-to-pronounce terms are just things we call "iron" or "Vitamin E" in normal, everyday English. But if those so-called naturally-occurring ingredients are supposed to be a part of the real food in the package, then why did they have to be "added"? The real question here is, "Did these additives come from nature or someone's laboratory?" More likely than not, they came from a lab, meaning that they have been manufactured and are probably Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's). So what's organic about that?
We must remember that anything that is not naturally grown is an ingredient that our bodies just do not process. Our liver and other cleansing organs/processes of the body become confused, go into overdrive trying to decide what to do with the foreign substances they have encountered, and finally just store in our organs, bones, and tissues because they don't know what to do with them. Just as a water "filter" removes and holds the impurities of your water until it it becomes more toxic than the water and has to be changed, so do your liver, kidneys, gall bladder and pancreas. But you can't change them. There's no such thing as a real "body shop". It requires major surgery to repair/replace your body's vital organs, and even then you will never be the same.
Okay, enough of the graphic stuff, true as it is. I think you get the picture. Even the smallest amount of "fake" food is stored in your body, which has an accumulative effect. Over the years, the results become chronic, painful conditions that we consider to be part of "getting older". At worst, diagnoses pronounce cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening diseases and conditions.
So, what's a body to do? Firstly, read those labels! Don't be fooled by terms like "spices" or "flavorings", which can are legally used (thanks, FDA) to disguise over 1,000 different chemical additives! Do some personal research about the laws of labeling - you'll be surprised and disgusted at how the food industry is allowed to feed you poison as long as you don't know about it.
Of course, I will be blogging about a lot of other information that I hope you find interesting and useful as you walk out a healthier lifestyle. And please remember...I'm no scientist, but I have and still am studying to enable myself to make the very best choices when it comes to what I eat. I don't always make the most intelligent ones, but I keep trying.
As a fairly healthy 60-year old, I want to live as vitally as I can, for as long as I can. I don't want to be doddling around on a cane at 70, unable to wipe the dribble from my mouth when I'm fed. I am a firm believer that "you are what you eat", so I must keep working toward that goal. My maternal grandmother was 97 when she went to be with the Lord peacefully in her sleep. She and my grandfather farmed their entire lives, so I had a healthy start. But that was 50 years and many agricultural so-called "advances" in fertilizers, chemically-induced growth hormones, and pesticides ago. We were a much healthier culture back then. But that's another blog.
You can also get information from the website www.essentiallyorganiconline.com. There, we have information, recipes, and an organic buying club.
You are invited to respond and/or comment, as long as it is respectiful and void of profanity or any derrogatory statements concerning those who may share these views.
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