Natural and Organic Food

Natural and Organic Food has become more widely available in a growing number of retail outlets.

From a shopper’s point of view, it’s a case of being aware that natural and organic food can be had when you know where to look for it.

In Great Britain, the consumer shift towards natural and organic food is growing at a fantastic rate, prompting the big supermarket chains into re-thinking their marketing strategies. For them, as long as there’s a good profit to be made from any sector of the agricultural industry, you can be absolutely certain the supermarkets know about it and will exploit it.

In a way then, consumer power has forced this change for the better. Supermarkets now display an ever increasing range of natural and organic food from fruit and vegetables to meat and dairy products. These organic products are all carefully labeled as such to allay any possible doubts that consumers may have as to their authenticity.

This is good news for the health of a nation.

Good news as well for the soil that produces the fruit and vegetables. Good news too for the animals that are reared for their meat. This is because their living conditions on organic farms are infinitely better than their counterparts which are merely existing until the day they are slaughtered on intensive farms.

Good news for the planet we live on.

So you, Mr and Mrs Consumer have the power to change things for the better. You must demand good food, free from dangerous pesticides and artificial chemical additives and don’t allow yourself to be palmed off with anything less. When enough of you demand what you deserve, then your voice grows in volume and the big supermarket chains have to listen.

It can be done. It is being done. Right now!

Natural and organic food is here to stay and is available at a store near you.

And if it’s not – make that store get it for you or tell them you’ll go elsewhere for your food!

Terry Didcott
Natural and Organic Food

A detoxification diet should be adopted on a regular basis to help clean and purge the body of toxins that build up through unhealthy eating habits. When your body becomes overloaded with toxic substances, you are more likely to suffer the chronic symptoms associated with bad diet. These can include bad breath, bloating, gas, eczema, asthma, migraines, arthritis and so many more too many to list here.

One of the best ways of accomplishing this is through the consumption of organic fruits and vegetables. A whole body cleansing regime is put into action when you switch your diet to natural and organic food in place of regular fruit and vegetables.

Organic fruits and vegetables are of course produced by wholly natural methods. They are grown by farmers without the use of dangerous pesticides, herbicides, or unnatural chemical fertilisers. This has to be good for the human body and its natural functioning, by reducing our intake of these poisons that intensively farmed produce are laden with.

More and more people are becoming increasingly aware that fruits and vegetables in regular commercial production are sprayed with a lethal cocktail of over 100 pesticides, herbicides, fungicides etc. Added to this, toxic metals such as lead, cadmium, aluminium and mercury enter the soil through these pollution channels and are also absorbed by the plants. Even after the harvest, non-organic fruits are treated with further chemicals to hasten the ripening process. Preservatives are also be added to prolong their shelf life and increase the profits of the supermarket chains. All in all, non-organic produce which might have the appearance of being healthy can contain more chemicals than most people realise.

Because of this, people are turning to organically produced crops in an attempt to remove these poisons from their diets.

There is growing evidence to prove that organically produced fruits and vegetables are more nutritious and contain higher levels of vitamins and minerals than conventionally grown food. It has been reported that organically grown apples, pears, potatoes and wheat displayed higher nutrient content than their conventionally farmed counterparts by a factor of 90%. Further studies showed that antioxidants contained in certain organic produce was as much as 600% higher than conventionally grown produce.

For your organic detox diet, there are several fruits and vegetables to choose from. Apples are a great example of one of the best organic fruits for your detox diet you can eat. They contain plenty of fibre, which slows the body’s absorption rate of the naturally occurring sugars in the apple when you eat it whole. By eating organically grown apples, you won’t get the sudden surge in blood sugar that comes after eating junk like cakes and biscuits.

The many different detox diet programs prescribe alternate ways of eating organic fruits and vegetables. Some proclaim that it is better to eat them whole, some by juicing and others, a combination. Whichever program you choose, it is recommended that you use organic fruits and vegetables instead of regular produce. Also you should ensure that your daily intake of pure, fresh water is increased significantly to aid the cleansing of the colon.

So if you want to feel better and really notice that improvement in your general health and well-being, consider using only organically grown produce with its superior nutritional content for detoxification. That way, you will derive the maximum benefits from your detox diet.

Terry Didcott
Natural and Organic Food