| Of all natural laws, nutrition is perhaps the least | | | | healthy. |
| understood and most often violated. While | | | | Here are five more reasons to buy organic foods: |
| universities and colleges offer courses in this subject, | | | | |
| the giant food industry dominates them. The food | | | | 1. They taste much better. |
| industry is a highly organized and complex global | | | | 2. They give added value to a healthy and balanced |
| collective of diverse businesses that together supply | | | | diet |
| much of the food energy consumed by the world | | | | 3. Organic fruits and vegetables aren't covered in |
| population. They can see to it that the textbooks for | | | | pesticides. Non-organic fruit and vegetables are and |
| courses in nutrition are keyed to their products, | | | | not all of it washes off. Even though the food |
| textbooks that tell the students of nutrition to | | | | industry claims that there's no health risk from |
| beware of the "food faddist." They ridicule organically | | | | pesticide traces, wouldn't you rather feed you and |
| grown foods and claim that there's no harm in the | | | | your family food that's pesticide free? |
| use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. They | | | | 4. Food additives are not permitted in organic foods. |
| describe the mass produced, devitalized dead foods | | | | There are no preservatives, stabilizers, hydrogenated |
| distributed through supermarkets around the world as | | | | fats, flavor enhancers, artificial colors, or sweeteners. |
| wonderful inventions of food science. | | | | There are no pesticides in organic milk, no hidden |
| The food industry is not working in the interest of | | | | starches in organic baby food, and no residual |
| your health. We need to stop corrupt politicians and | | | | antibiotics, growth hormones or BSE in organic meat. |
| power brokers in their corrupt vested interest | | | | 5. Buying organic foods helps the environment. |
| practices and bring them to justice, but until we do | | | | Organic farming is an important way to keep |
| there is something you can do right now: Think more | | | | ecosystems and rural communities healthy and alive. |
| carefully about the food you put into your body. | | | | To your good health and long life! |
| Vote with your purchases, buy organic and buy | | | | |