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ARE YOU PAYING THE PRICE? ORGANIC FOOD IS NOT WORTH IT

Are you paying the price? Organic food is not worth it

Jennifer Hill

DeVry University


Many believe buying organic foods will lead to better health rather than eating

conventional foods. Eating chemically grown food has been one of the leading causes of health

issues and obesity. Organic food does not have more nutritious nor any less prone to bacterial

contamination than, conventional grown foods. Systematic review found no evidence of a health

benefits attached to organic foods. Organic food provides no health benefits to conventional

foods and it still contains harmful pesticides found in industrialized foods. When you are eating

organic foods, eat at your own risk.

Problems
Organic food provides no nutritional benefits to. Proponents may argue otherwise. They

believe eating organic foods will provide a variety of benefits; organic food has more beneficial

nutrients. Such as antioxidants, rather than their grown counterparts, in addition, people with

allergies to foods, chemicals, or preservativesoften find their symptoms lessen or go away when

they eat only organic foods. Organically grown foods have fewer pesticides such as fungicides,

herbicides, and insecticides. These chemicals have been used in conventional agriculture and

residues remain on the food we eat.

Organic food has great benefits with women being pregnant because they are more

vulnerable due to added stress pesticides put on their already taxed organs. Pesticides within the

mother can be passed down to the womb as well as the breast milk, some exposures can cause

delayed effects on the nervous system, even years after the initial exposure. We are been a victim

of believing buying organic foods will help with your health issues and will lower your risk of

obesity. Chosen not to believe that eating organic foods will have a better effect on women that

are pregnant organic does not mean “nutritious” and never did. Spinach may be grown

conventionally, rather than organically, but will still have the nutritional profile of spinach,

which is, of course, outstanding. Gummy bear‟s candy for the matter may be organic, and add


nothing but empty calories to your diet. My son is five years old; he is in the gifted program and

has good health, outside of the normal common colds and hurting himself. Most pregnant

women have not eaten organic foods while carrying their child. There was no cleat health

benefits were discernible in connection to these/ the lack of recognizable health benefits has been

noted before.

Contrary to popular belief, organic food still contains harmful pesticides found in

conventional foods. There was a clinical trial in which 1,000 people are assigned to strictly

organic foods, and another 1,000 to conventional grown foods, for 10 years- the two groups

being just alike in all other ways. Such a trial would be enormously costly, cumbersome. Some

chemicals contaminants would almost certainly get into the diets of the “organic” group despite

the very best preventive efforts, and these would also contaminate the study. It was shown that

organically grown food has fewer amounts of pesticides but still can cause health issues. It has

become a delivery device for artificial colors, additives, preservatives, added growth hormones,

antibiotics, pesticides, insecticides and so much more. (Organic Food takes a hit, but boosters say

study misses point. (2012). Advertising Age, 83(32), 5. )

Take a step back and know what is in your food is important. Being unaware of what‟s in

your food can lead to bad health. I love local organic shops, they are smaller you know the food

is truly healthy and it is not coming from a large factory, placing a stamp saying it‟s healthy.

Conventional foods have been in the media for plenty of things and none of it has been good

news. About 20 per cent of the food we eat is contaminated with trace amounts of

pesticides, even though most of them have been banned for decades, a new report says.Adults

who eat a well-rounded diet may be ingesting up to 90x the acceptable limit for exposure to a


group of chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants. POPs are described as a class of

chemicals that are among the most insidiously dangerous compounds ever produced because

they persist in the environment for years and can build up in the body's fatty tissue. On the other

hand organic foods are being labeled the same with the chemicals that are being sprayed onto the

foods we eat. Saying they are health but they are not. Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor of The

Telegraph says “They found no consistent differences in the vitamin content of organic products.

There were higher levels of phosphorus in organically grown food but the researchers said this is

of little importance as so few people are deficient in this.” We were a little surprised that we

didn't find that. Our goal was to shed light on what the evidence is. This is information that

people can use to make their own decisions based on their level of concern about pesticides, their

budget and other considerations."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9517246/Organic-food-is-not-healthier.html The

wise thing to overall is people needed to eat more fruit and vegetables, no matter how they were

grown. That is the key to great health, cutting back on foods that you do not need to eat and

focus on incorporating species too.

When you are buying organic foods what is the first thing that comes to mind? The cost.

Organic foods prices are higher because they are “grown” differently and are more nature than

conventional foods. Studies have proven buying organic foods can cost up to 4x‟s the amount

than conventional foods. If you were to go into your local grocery store to buy a pack of organic

crackers, their price will be $5.25. However, if you were to buy an off brand box of crackers

their price will be $1.58. The effect of spending this amount of money is costing people more

money to feed their families. Contrary to the belief that you are going to have a healthy body

from eating organic foods is believe to be a myth. Despite the fact it has been proven organic


foods are not nutritionallybetter everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Everyone from Uncle

Tobys to Kraft, Heinz, Kellogg‟s and even Coca-Cola has jumped on the bandwagon. And

developing countries are joining in too: China's organic exports grew 200-fold in a decade to

reach US$200 million in 2004. Australia is also a major exporter, and plans to increase its

organic produce by 50 per cent by 2012. The food market is not the same as it was back in

1950‟s and 1960‟s, microwaves wasn‟t thought of, people cooked all of their meals and the meat

came from a butcher not a packaging company. Having your food expose to pesticides whether

it‟s organically grown or not cause serious health effect to you. Eating too much of one think is

not good for anyone. These days, modern farming techniques have evolved after decades of

pressure from the environmental movement and decades of work by a generation of scientists

inspired by environmental awareness. Organic farmers are bound to an ideology that demands

they only use natural techniques. In some cases, such purism gets in the way of practices that are

better for the environment and more sustainable for farmers. For example, organic farmers will

use litres of BT spray (BT is a 'natural' pesticide made by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis),

yet they often demonize the genetically modified (GM) cotton crops that carry an inbuilt supply

of BT, and which therefore require less spraying. Regards of what you think you are obtaining

from organic foods, one solution that is suggested is to start your how garden. Make a decision

whether you want to spend 4x‟s the money for something that you thought was healthier for you

or you can buy conventional foods that comes with the same price towards your health. The cost

is greatly debatable do to the fact it should not cost much to eat when you are paying for food

that isn‟t 100% healthy. Do your research and see what is on the labels, know what‟s in your

food.Non-organic farmers make use of chemicals to achieve these goals. Just prior to World War

I, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch learned to make ammonia synthetically. Their


chemical reaction is still used today to produce more than 450 million tons of artificial fertilizer

per year, and sustains the agriculture which feeds about 60 per cent of the Earth's population.

(http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1567)

Solutions

One solution is showingthe real hidden dangers of buying organic and learning how to

prevent you from getting sick. There is plenty not being said about organic foods and their

hidden dangers to your health.The reason is a strain of the E. coli bacteria may actually

contaminate certain vegetables when they are fertilized with organic. E.coil has been found in

many organically grown vegetables, also there has been plenty of recalls on tomatoes, lettuces,

spinach...etc. a good way to reinsure you do not have any thing on your fruits and vegetables is

to wash them. They have a specially made commercial wash that cleanse fruits and vegetables.

Even though there are chemicals that are found in/on the foods you can help yourself reduce the

risk of being sick, contaminating other foods and yourself. Cooking your meats is another danger

that has not been exposed in regards to organically grown meats. They have great dangers that

you can help reduce. First, cook all meats properly; hamburger and other ground meats should be

cooked until juices run clear at 160 degrees. Steaks and other whole meats can be cooked to a

lesser degree of doneness as long as the surface reaches 160 degrees and is not punctured by

forks during the preparation or cooking. Punctures can transfer the bacteria to the interior of the

meat where temperatures may not be high enough to destroy the microorganism.Second, wash

non-cooked items well with water and cleaners made for fruits and vegetables or even with

antimicrobial soaps. This can help destroy the dangerous E. coli strain that may have

contaminated the food, either through organic procedures or human


handling.http://www.angelo.edu/services/communications_marketing/archives/01sep/9-10-

01.phpNo one is going to tell you “What‟s the catch?” even though organic foods has been said

to be better for you and will have better effect for you in the long haul isn‟t true. You have to be

able to determine that on your own. It not harmful to conduct your own research and see is this

true? You will save yourself the grief of buying food that is not health and can avoid all the

hidden dangers in organic foods.

Second solution is showing you how much you are spending and the cost is not relevant

to the product, spending more money when you are getting the same results. Every market has

been in a financial crisis because there has been loss of jobs, home, and business being force to

close their doors. However, people have been doing all they can to feed their families and try to

eat health. Organic foods have given people the sense of security that if I spend more I will do

my body well. My solution to this problem is to buy at your own risk. Weigh the pros and cons

of buy organic food vs. conventional foods. If you go inside a grocery store and you see a sign

that says Organic foods, you start to think should I buy this? You look at the cost and see it is out

of your budget however, you buy it believing you are eating better. On average, a family of four

spends $800/month for organic food, which includes meats, juices, fruits, veggies, and snacks.

When you compare conventional foods you are spending $540/month to feed a family of four.

That is a savings of $260 extra a month, yearly you are saving over $3,000. If you generally buy

your veggies frozen with the exception of salad, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes you are

finding ways to save more money. Frozen veggies do not mean they are not health for you, you

may not eat them right away and having those there for convinces is a great idea. People are

being hip to buying frozen foods. If you feel the need to buy organic foods, and you do not have

the funds to buy all that you need, buy what you can afford and work around it. Our government


should be helping lower these prices and encouraging people to eat healthy, especially when

there is so much focus on curbing childhood obesity. There is such a focus on junk food, soda,

and everything else going on right now, why not spend more time focusing on making the good

foods affordable for the families that are more likely to suffer from obesity… the low income

families.( http://momotics.com/organic-out-of-reach-for-low-income-families/)Price difference

between organic and conventional food may be reduced or eliminated as organic farming

techniques advance and as the price of petroleum products, like pesticides and herbicides.

(http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/10/organic-food-for-kids-buy-this-not-that/)

Call to Action

If we do not act fact millions of Americans will lose money buying food that does not

mean it is necessary good for them. Organic foods have the same vitamins and minerals as

conventional foods. Making a compares on whether which is better should not be based on price,

how it is farmed and who is growing it. Consumers will not make you aware of the hidden

dangers that are in your food. This is one of many ways they control us, through our food. You

have to be consciously aware of what you are buying and spending your money on. Families

with low-come cannot afford to buy or eat healthy do to the price hike in our food. Some areas

do not have grocery stores that provide a “better way of life”. Research what is being said and go

behind the scenes is the key. If you watch the „Food Inc.‟ you will see the dangers of the food

you eat. Is there a way around it? Can we take back how our food is grown? Why does organic

food cost more and they have some of the same dangers as conventional foods? These are

questions that we should think of. Eating healthy should not come with a huge price, you should

not stand in your local grocery store and ponder should you buy one over the next because you


cannot afford it. Contact your local government agent that can help you USDA organic label

foods and see what they can tell you about the foods you eat. Getting answers, asking them why

are they labeling foods healthier when there aren‟t. Are you paying the price for organic foods?


References

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/10/organic-food-for-kids-buy-this-not-that/

http://www.angelo.edu/services/communications_marketing/archives/01sep/9-10-01.php

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57538015/american-academy-of-pediatrics-says-
organic-food-no-better/

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1567

http://momotics.com/organic-out-of-reach-for-low-income-families/

http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/conventional101502.cfm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9517246/Organic-food-is-not-healthier.html

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