Are Organic Foods really therapeutic?

Is organically grown food therapeutic?

Antioxidant and vitamin formation is improved when pesticides are not utilised on plant life.

There is also the concern of small level contamination by pesticides in crops or plants which then enters the human body when the food is eaten. When animals are vaccinated utilising antibiotics they get small amounts of resistance to diseases and may be more expensive to rear.



What are the benefits to our surroundings?

It is considered that organic farming releases little toxins or synthetic chemicals into the surroundings resulting in cleaner groundwater and richer soil. Water contamination with pesticides is a specific problem in drinking water and is also known to kill underwater life. The net outcome is the interruption of the vital food web if pollution occurs.

It is also known that organically grown food demands little energy since it solely relies on natural methods to make. Little quantities of waste are created since overall little packaging materials are required. Genetically altered plants and animals are non-organic species which would genetically contaminate the naturally existing organic ones.

Although, the yields for organically grown foods are slightly small amounts of than for non-organically grown food they require substantially small amounts of fertilizer and pesticides.