{"id":22,"date":"2015-03-31T23:08:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T06:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2021-02-02T05:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:17:07","slug":"eating-right-choose-organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Eating right&#8230; choose organic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Organic-sample-logos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27\" src=\"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Organic-sample-logos.jpg\" alt=\"some examples of USDA organic logos\" width=\"252\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">some examples of USDA organic logos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Organic is the way to go<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is a controversial food subject.\u00a0 And there are many other reasons to go organic.\u00a0 But the two simple reasons I prefer organic is:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 <strong>NO artificial and\/or toxic pesticides<\/strong> &#8211; Proponents of conventional produce like to claim that tests show no appreciable pesticide residue on most conventional produce.\u00a0 The <strong>dirty little secret<\/strong> is that they usually only test for illegal pesticides.\u00a0 There isn&#8217;t a need to run tests for legal pesticides, which are used for most conventional fruits and vegetables.\u00a0 Thanks to the folks at EWG for their treasure trove of facts and figures:<br \/><a title=\"EWG Dirty Dozen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/foodnews\/dirty-dozen.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EWG&#8217;s Dirty Dozen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 virtually <strong>NO GMO<\/strong>s (genetically-modified organisms) &#8211; When one discovers how GMO&#8217;s were developed, researched, introduced, and approved for use in the USA, it&#8217;s eye-opening, and exposes the breakdown of &#8220;checks and balances&#8221; that is suppose to be one of our government&#8217;s cornerstones.\u00a0 In most industrialized nations in the world, GMO&#8217;s are banned, or required to be labeled.\u00a0 Thanks to the lobbying efforts of the largest petro-chemical and GMO producing companies, along with the revolving door between the those corporate executives and government positions such as the FDA, we have a total breakdown of consumer protection at the expense of corporate greed.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it may cost extra to buy organic foods, we feel it is an investment in our health.\u00a0 We reduce the intake of GMO&#8217;s and also reduce the amount of toxins entering our bodies.\u00a0 While it&#8217;s virtually impossible to eat 100% organic or healthy foods only, we do so where we can.\u00a0 And just as it&#8217;s important to support companies and merchants that we believe in, it&#8217;s important to support the organic food industry.<\/p>\n<p>For more nitty gritties on organics, try these links:<br \/><a title=\"Top 10 Reasons to Support Organic in the 21st Century\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helpguide.org\/articles\/healthy-eating\/organic-foods.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organic Foods: What You Need to Know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Top 10 Reasons to Support Organic in the 21st Century\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/healthy-lifestyle\/nutrition-and-healthy-eating\/in-depth\/organic-food\/art-20043880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organic Foods: Are they safer?\u00a0 More nutritious?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please do yourself and your family a favor by considering and choosing organic foods and produce!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organic is the way to go.\u00a0 This is a controversial food subject.\u00a0 And there are many other reasons to go organic.\u00a0 But the two simple reasons I prefer organic is: 1.\u00a0 NO artificial and\/or toxic pesticides &#8211; Proponents of conventional produce like to claim that tests show no appreciable pesticide residue on most conventional produce.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/?p=22\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-organic-food-health-gmo-toxins-toxicity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clarity411.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}