Say
YES to organic!!
A study came out
recently with a boo and a hiss against organic produce (again!). As the study
was from Stanford University in the USA, one could be forgiven for
thinking that as only pearls of wisdom could possibly flow forth from such a
prestigious seat of learning
that their claims that organic produce was no healthier than conventional (you
know – pesticide-ridden and/or genetically modified) was unquestionable.
Looking
a little deeper it transpires that one of the co-authors has a history of
churning out “anti-science” propaganda (in the past in favour of Big Tobacco -
and we all know how healthy that is!), and that Stanford has financial ties to
a major corporate with lots of dollars tied up in promoting biotechnology (i.e.
Genetically Modified foods). Oooo – does anyone else smell a rat?
Surely,
COMMON SENSE tells us that a food infused with nasty pesticides isn’t going to
do our cells any good. The pesticides are sprayed on crops in order to kill off
bugs. Bugs, like us, are living organisms, so if they harm the bugs - why not
us too? Ok, thy might not kill us outright within a minute of eating them, but
they can play havoc slowly and silently until one day we wake up and wonder why
we are starring in our own health scare. Believe me - it didn’t happen
overnight - it will have been brewing inside you for several years.
And
as for GM foods!! Ditto to the above! Don’t
believe for a second that it will “feed the world”. It will more likely kill it. Already linked
to allergies, it is predicted that these unnatural Frankenstein products will
trigger amongst other things autoimmune disease and cancer. Trials on animals
(don’t even start me on that!) have shown some dire results.
A
journalist for the New York Times had a jolly time writing nonsense to back the
study up, entitling it “The Organic Fable” and pretty much saying that anyone
wanting to eat organic for their health was part of a cult following! I suppose
it makes a change from being called a Luddite!!
I
don’t care if the world wants to label me cuckoo; I DO care what I put inside
my body. I want to enjoy a long,
healthy, pain-free, vibrant life. I also wish the same for everyone else and
for the planet that sadly is being slowly poisoned along with us.
I
strongly recommend that anyone wishing to maintain their health or even improve
it should go organic as much as possible. Why? Fewer poisons in; less stress on your
cells and tissues; more nutrients to repair and nurture you; a lower risk of
serious illness.
When
a study / report / silly article comes out – ask yourself what the underlying
agenda is and who does it benefit?
Universities need funding for their research and sadly use wealthy
corporates to influence the outcomes.
Don’t
take your health and your food supply for granted. Vote with your purse; ask
questions; sign petitions to say NO to GMO. There is currently a big petition
demanding that GM foods are labelled in the USA and it’s making a difference -
even the giant Monsanto are taking note. Remember the wonderful words of Mother Theresa
……
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the
ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
Go on ……….. be a
proactive drop in the ocean!!
