If you have visited the grocery store in the last while, you probably have noticed that some foods are marked as 100% organic. You might even be tempted to buy because you know that there is a better taste to these kinds of foods. Organic foods indeed are better because they are grown with the methods used by farmers in the past, with no pesticides and of course no genetic modifications.
In the 1950′s, it began to become popular that crops were sprayed with pesticides to help protect them from bugs that could ruin some of the crops. Of course, this also meant that people that purchased fruits and vegetables were now eating these pesticides.
Moreover, meat and poultry are often given hormones to make them grow faster. In fact, as many as two-thirds of the cattle that is used for meat in the United States were given growth hormones and as a result, the residue is left in the meat when humans consume it.
Flours and other ingredients used to make pasta were once all organic, the packaging was not marked organic, because at the time, there was no differentiation since everything was organic. Today, however, the majority of pasta is not organic and those that are proudly mark it on the front of their package. Does it taste better than the non-organic pastas? Many believe it definitely does taste better and they can tell a huge difference.
Organic Turkey & Chicken.
Organic poultry and turkey on offer is only allowed to display organic packaging if the birds were raised with no hormones and no antibiotics. Top-of-the-line organic poultry are not those that were free range instead of grown in controlled settings. There is certainly a difference in the taste of the hormone-packed meats and organic meats.
The majority of cows that Americans eat come from cows that were given growth hormones to fatten them up quicker. They are given six different hormones. Studies have been concluded that humans consuming these hormones left in the meat can lead to health problems, though these are normally independent tests. Serious health effects have not been noted, but one thing is clear, organic meat tastes better, but it is considerably more expensive than meat purchased that was given hormones.
Last Thoughts.
Obviously, eating organic foods is a personal choice, but there are some major differences in taste and possible health benefits from eating organic foods. Right now, organic is very trendy, but the trend for most people has not caught on because they do not understand the benefits of eating organic or they simply cannot afford the additional costs.
It is a personal decision and people that consume organic will continue to share the benefits they get from this food, and people that do not may switch over soon because of the many advantages gained from not eating foods filled with pesticides or meats filled with growth hormones.
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