You are what you eat, as the saying goes. If you have a diet heavy in conventional foods, there’s a good chance your body is full of chemical pesticides that you don’t even know about.
To shine some light on the issue, researchers from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute performed a study in conjunction with the Coop supermarket chain on what happens when a family switches from conventional food to organic.
Their dramatic findings are revealed in this short video.
oh please, do not start with those click-catcher article titles…
Yes, awesome, we really do understand this, but we can’t AFFORD it. We have to choose, eat organic and be poor, live longer and be flat out poor. Or eat what they want us to eat and have money for rent, but die sooner. WTF? Why?
No matter if you live in a house or an appartment, you can always figure out a way how to grow a part of your food on your own. Do some research and do some trying ( applying enery and time). Not sitting on your ass and complaining.
Well that isn’t very nice! It’s true! Organic food cost money and so does the organic soil and pots to grow it all in. It’s NOT cheap! Thanks to our government who wants us to stay sick and contribute to the medical industry, cough, choke, er, I mean, the government
Going and diggin some soil in the woods? Buying a 2$ seed pack? Making some pots from recycled botttles? Time to look for solutions and not excusess. And my words are rough, I know. But they are honest. One thing we sure are lacking in this world ( honesty).
Thank you, Organic Warrior, for saying what needs to be said. There is no reason, other then pure laziness, that most people can not grow some of their own organic produce. It’s not very hard to find a little piece of dirt to grow a few things. There are a lot of things we can change, if we really have the drive to do so, and this is definitely one of the most important. But, we seem to have developed into a society of lazy whiners.
The hardest thing to find, in my opinion, are good non-modified seeds. But with a little research it isn’t to daunting a task. Growing and canning your own food can be a very fulfilling hobby/lifestyle. Nothing beats opening a jar of fruit/veggies that you canned yourself or gifting them to friends and family.
it should be cheap…it what God gave to the people…Are the people the ones who gave others pesticid treat for lower costs….but is a society that needs people to be ill..what to say…upside down…
Hey that was rude. I’m a senior, living in NH (cold like the tundra) with no space and no car. In senior housing. Care to tell me how to do this?
People who can afford to buy organic food, organic soil and seeds and plants, clearly don’t understand what it is to not be able to afford it. If you are on a limited income for example, you have only so much money or food stamps as many are on, to spend. It truly is a matter of survival. Our government should make sure everybody can afford organic produce and meat but that would put them out of business. Yay America
My family of five is on a strict budget. I am a SAHM and make numerous sacrifices in order to maintain a 90% organic/ self sustainable diet. It does take time and a whole lot of effort. I understand FULLY what it costs. I cook/make almost everything from our bread to our granola bars to our spaghetti sauce. There are no mani/pedis for me. There are no trips to Starbucks. My clothes come from resale shops. I volunteer time at a local sustainable farm in order to cut spending. seeds are not expensive. The soil can be pricey compared to conventional soil but once you establish a garden one year you can use your compost (food going to the garbage anyway) to fertilize your soil for the future. There is a saying Pay the farmer today or the doctor tomorrow.” I’d rather put the funds into my families health than fattening a doctors pocket.
The healthier you are, the less MEDICAL BILLS AND DOCTOR visits you will prevent in the future which we all know could be a HUGE savings!!! Don’t cry poverty, cry sickness and do something about it. We all have our choice of how we want the quality of our lives to be 🙂 ALSO GROW YOUR OWN GARDEN WITH ORGANIC SEEDS WHICH ARE NOT USUALLY PRICED ANY DIFFERENT THAN GMO SEEDS, best way to know what you are eating is safe.
Human beings be healthy on a tiny percentage of the amount of food normally eaten. The first step is a vast change brought on by smaller, incremental changes to our lifestyles. For those suffering from hunger, this of course, is not really feasible. For the rest though, it is noteworthy that as hunters and gatherers, we were lean, yet strong.
Oh For Fucks Sake calling this a scientific study is like calling marijuana a deadly gateway drug for one this is a fucking commercial for the Swedish food chain Coop in order to push their own organic line of products second in no way does this so called study stand up to the standards or even basic methods of a scientific study heres more info on the bullshit cherry picking http://skepchick.org/2015/05/bad-chart-thursday-organic-cherry-picking/