organic essay RD

Did you know heating food in plastic is bad for you? Not only that but so is BPA, it lines your canned foods, your receipts, and old and cheap plastic containers have it (thus the reason its bad for you microwaving food in it).  BPA (biphenyl A) is a chemical that causes cancer and premature puberty.  It’s really nasty stuff, but because the US makes so much of it we’re having a difficult time in stopping using it.

So no my mom either has glass containers or non-BPA plastic to store our food in, and we’ve cut down on how much canned food we eat.

GMO, genetically modified organisms, are in everything we eat and even other stuff too.

 Do you really want to eat an apple with GMO in it? It doesn’t mean the apple can talk or anything but that it doesn’t attract bugs so much and is 2x bigger then organic apples.

Pesticides are used on just about every plant out there, and it runs into our water systems and then it gets into our animals too.  (For example, they use some pesticides to make the animals really fact and grow faster, therefore making the meat taste not as well as free land (?) animals. They also coop them up in really tight places, to make them even fatter! L)

Food coloring is fun during Easter right?

But did you know that food coloring not made from organic food sources like veggies and fruits can cause cancer?  Red 40 is a big one-it’s in so much of our food, even stuff that doesn’t need to be red!  A lot of kids’ candy has red 40 in it-so every time you eat fruit loops or licorice you’re putting cancer causing stuff into your body. You might as well be telling the grim reaper to make a early trip!

People with health issues, like some of my family members, can have adverse reactions to all of the above as well.  So, my Mom decided about 2 years ago to start having our family eat healthier.  So now we eat about 60% organic food-her goal is to have it be 90% by 2013. But it’s very very expensive, so she’s starting with the things that are the most harmful to us (BPA free stuff, non GMO cereals that are organic, non RBST organic milk) and tries to get mostly organic veggies and fruits. It gets hard sometimes because I love Kit Kats and other sweets. But I have to agree on one thing, organic dark chocolate is the best!!!! I also like the nuts because it doesn’t taste too salty and doesn’t have all these weird ingredients. I also make sweets with organic materials. It’s nice to get a taste of how they did it back then without all this crap we have to day right? I encourage everyone I can to eat organically, cause it also helps you learn to be more careful. I hope you take these words by heart and eat organically! Monica.