Organic Fruit and Vegetables

Organic Fruit and Vegetables

For health you need to ensure that the fruit and veggies you buy have not been treated with excessive sprays. Find an organic outlet where you can buy your fruit and vegetables. Intensive farming depletes the soil, kills insects and soil organisms. It also pollutes our rivers and lakes.

Difference in organic farming

In organic farming, synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers are banned. In commercial farming fruit and vegetables are sprayed many times. Some pesticides contain toxic chemicals that linger in the atmosphere and soil. They can permeate the plant’s entire tissues. Some pesticides have been linked to cancer, allergies, infertility and childhood leukemia.

A high fat diet should be avoided as plaque build-up in the arteries and capillaries reduces their ability to oxygenate every cell. Low oxygen in the cells promotes the growth of cancer cells. Other risks are lack of nutrients such as vitamin E, an antioxidant and the mineral selenium.