Organic food has become a popular choice for people who want to make healthier and more environmentally friendly choices in their lives. It’s popular...
Fast facts:
-The global shortage of fresh water currently affects hundreds of millions of people around the world, and it is estimated that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will experience severe water scarcity and hunger due to the loss of fertile farming lands caused by droughts.
-The discovery of alternative water-harvesting technologies holds the potential to alleviate the foreseeable socioeconomic impacts of severe water scarcity.
According to a press release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23-26 April) a preliminary study has found that organic vegetables are often contaminated with a wide range of disease-causing microbes.u00a0
Disease-causing amoebas that live on organic spinach and lettuce also shelter human pathogens like Pseudomonas, Salmonella, and Helicobacter.
Leafy greens are particularly susceptible to contamination due to their proximity to the ground and the likelihood of people eating them without cooking.
You are most likely consuming measurable amounts of pesticide residue with every bite you take of produce that has been conventionally grown; the latest US FDA report has revealed that pesticide residues are widespread on common popular produce including, grapes, strawberries, and apples.
The US FDA examines produce for contamination with such chemicals via their pesticide residue monitoring program. Alarmingly overall 84% of domestic fruits, 53% of vegetables, 42% of grains, and 73% of other foods such as seeds, nuts, beverages, and candy contained pesticide residues, while imported fruits only fared marginally better with 52.3% of sampled produced being found to be tainted with pesticides.
Organic food is not too expensive for school meals, even by cash-strapped school councils. Everyone could learn a lesson from Copenhagen where 90% of the food in public kitchens are now organic.
Organics this, organics that, is all this talk about organics just hype of an overpriced gimmick, or can consuming more of it really have a tangible effect on health and longevity?
Some people still are not convinced they should shell out a few extra dollars on organics, despite its popularity and accumulating research. If you happen to be one of those people you may want to rethink that as a recent study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine has revealed those who eat more organics have a lower risk of cancer.
According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine you can help to protect yourself from cancer risks by eating organic; those who more frequently eat organic foods lowered their overall risk of developing cancer, specifically non-Hodgkin lymphoma and postmenopausal breast cancer conducted by a team of researchers from Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale.
Eating organic can help to protect against cancer according to studies; those who frequently consume organic foods lowered overall risk of developing cancer, as published in JAMA.
