Organic Products Essay

Many people are now eating organic because of the health benefits due to the lack of pesticides and other harmful matter used during the food production process. They also contain more healthy vitamins and minerals needed for every day health. When eating non-organic foods, we are eating food covered in pesticides, pumped full of antibiotics, or even covered in sewage sledge. When given the choice based on those few sentences, one would be more likely to choose the organic products. Eating healthier by avoiding non-organic foods may difficult and more expensive, but definitely worth it for one’s own health.

There are standards in place by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for growing, processing, and labelling of organic products. Organic products do not use pesticides, petroleum-based fertilizers, or sewage sludge (Brooks 1). By doing this, they preserve natural resources and biodiversity (“Organic Agriculture 1). These products also do not include products that have been bioengineered, also referred to as genetically modified, and cannot be under the use of ionizing radiation (Brooks 1). The radiation used in conventional, non-organic foods has led to cause various types of cancer among its consumers. Plants and even animals are also affected by the usage. Animals are affected by other forms of genetic modification. They are given antibiotics filled with steroids and other drugs which we end up ingesting when we eat a product of those particular animals. Every product we eat that is non-organic contains pesticides and even the antibiotics full of steroids. The steroids also have shown to effect the growth of children and stunt their development. Organic farming and production does not support antibiotics being given ...

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...ether organically grown foods are more nutritious than those grown using conventional methods. I believe future research will answer this question, and in my opinion organics are definitely a better alternative to non-organic food from a general health aspect. They lack pesticides and other harmful aspects, contain more vitamins and minerals, and they also are grown in more natural environments. When given the option to eat healthier, with it becoming as easy as it is to do so, why not? Also when considering everything food goes through both in the organic process and in the conventional, non-organic process; one can make his own decision in choosing what he believes is healthiest for him. If he decides to eat organic, it will be difficult once he commits and cost him more money, but that money will be spent for a very good purpose. That good purpose is his health.