Has anyone noticed any benifits to their health from eating organic food?
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No, but I have noticed a HUGE difference in the weight of my wallet! That stuff is expensive!\n\nA.H.
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Yes and no. Yes to the question of eating alot of veggies and stir fry really does help, as long as you don't end up drowning yourself in other fatty foods and eat these moderately. No to the question of loading up on fruits. Fruits are fattening because they contain natural sugars and carbs and so if you used to have three pears in a day, try cutting down to one and eating alot of veggies instead.
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None.  Fix your diet.  It's healthier and will last longer.
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My mother reached menopause. She said she never had the side effect youre referring to but she thinks that a healthy diet helped. She buys only organic food, even condiments like sugar and flour are all organic. She eats a lot of wheat and fiber. The only other preventative is to take estrogen pills. Hormone pills will continue your menstrual cycle, but at least you wont get liver spots and the hunchback that old age causes!
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I just come from my naturopathic doctor and we just talked about this.  I went there to get help in losing weight.  She has put me on a whole bunch of supplements, and flaxseed is one of them.  I am using the flaxseed meal (which is just the grounded seeds), and add it to my soy, fruit shake I make very day.\n\nThe great thing about the flaxseed meal is that it has both the oil and the gound seeds, and it is also way cheaper than just the oil.  It is high in fiber and keeps your bowels moving, so you don't store up all the toxins and homones in your digestive system.  You can get it at any health food store for about $2.30 CDN\n\nFlaxseed oil is good for the heart because it is the richest source of alpha-linolenic acid. Lowers cholesterol, protect against heart disease and control high blood pressure. Several studies indicate that flaxseed oil, as well as ground flaxseeds, can lower cholesterol, thereby significantly reducing the risk of heart disease. Flaxseed oil may also have a protective effect against angina (chest pain) and high blood pressure.
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Calm and creative and relaxed.  It keepa me sane and keepa me singin' .  People can judge all they want but THIS IS ORGANIC!!!\n  NO ADDITIVES -- Natures bounty.   :)
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Yes I rarely eat out and care about my health when planning meals. I eat balanced meals, no processed/box stuff, almost 90% organic...
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I have found some RAW, ORGANIC, LIVE, WHOLE FOOD in powder form.  I have had allergies but they went away when I began taking this stuff made of totally organic vegetables, fruits and other ingredients.  Send me an email privately and I will tell you more if you wish.  \n\nzhebee
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Lots of good answers so far. I'm Vegan, and I've lost heaps of fat from my starting weight. I started out just deciding to go veg, and once I did, i found i had heaps more energy, which helped me build will power to do more exercise, and it spiralled up. before veg, I'd been spiralling down into the gutter for years, and although recently I've come to an impasse regarding my weight loss (my weight has stablised, but i'm still a little overweight), before I started I was obese, depressed and lethargic. Now I'm more alive than ever.\nGoing Veg*n is not just about human health. The 4 other most common reasons for people becoming veg*n are the environment, human rights, animal rights and animal welfare, but I won't go there. Check my sources if you want more info.\nAlmost every reputable medical or scientific study ever conducted has said that to improve health, one should increase vegetable intake, and reduce animal intake. In other words, go veg*n, and go veg*n. losing weight and fat are not be the only positive reasons for going veg*n either. You can reduce your risk of contracting almost every disease, illness, ailment or condition known to man, as the single most common cause of all physically unhealthy situations are dietic related. What you put in you get out.\nask any spokesperson of the animal consumption industry to provide hard evidence that their products are good for health, and compare their response with that of the corresponding spokesperson for the vegetable matter with similar nutritional value. I DARE YOU! there is a safer, healthier, enviro-friendlier, more compassionate, usually more efficient, and usually cheaper veg*n alternative to every animal product that exists today, from prawns to steak, from leather to wool.\nWhen you decide to go veg*n, speak to people who have been veg*n for some time, particularly those who still appear healthy. Some veg*ns are deficient in vital vitamins and protiens, and this lacking is the primary reason new veg*ns revert after a short time. I appear healthy and normal, and I'm in my 6th year of being Vegan, which means no meat, egg, dairy, honey, animal clothing or tools, and I've just finished undergoing a round of pathology tests by doctors that prove all my bodily functions are better than normal in all cases, especially cholesterol and blood-sugar levels. \n\nDo you lose weiht when you become veg*n? YES!, I WENT FROM 115 KG TO 90 KG IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS, I'M NOW HOVERING AT 80 AND PLAN TO BE AT 75 BY CHRISTMAS. I STAND 175 CM TALL AND AM NOW 24.\nGO VEG ASAP!
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The research community is currently answering that.  They suspect that antioxidants may help, and there is some hopeful evidence of that, but nothing concrete yet.  There are a couple of studies that show that Coenzyme Q10 (aka CoQ10) helps people living with Parkinson's disease.  The most well-known study appeared in the Archives of Neurology in 2002.  It was compelling enough to get the National Institues of Health to fund research that is still going on about CoQ10.  \n\nThe current dose that people are speculating is beneficial is 1200 mgs per day - a pretty large dose.  It can also get a little pricey, because it is popular right now thanks to its benefits to the heart too.\n\nExercise also appears to have some very positive effects, if you call that natural.  \n\nOther than that, there are not a lot of other good natural options - that we know about yet.  I hope that we learn something miraculous soon.
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There are lots of benefits..They are very good remedy for people suffering from stomach and bowel problems as well as for the liver function.They are ideal natural tranquilizers,because they contain substances close to the Serotonone of the brain..also thy are rich in Potassium.Eaten with moderance they are required for a bunch of health problems and dietary systems..Good luck!
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No most are not, all natural foods are better like fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, protien from peanuts and alternatives to meat.
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There is no such thing as true organic veg/fruit/meat. The field can be cross contaminated by spraying in other fields as the wind will carry fertilizers and chemicals. Plus planes dumping aviation fuel in the atmosphere can contaminate everything on the ground. Even animals like us breathe in this junk that is everywhere. It is a waste of money buying organic food, it has no extra health benefits.\nAbout Organic\n\nInteresting Facts About Organic Farming\nPesticides:\n\nOver 450 pesticide active ingredients are licensed for use in UK agriculture (1), and around 25,000 tonnes of pesticides were applied to UK crops in 2000 (2). Due to the persistent nature of many pesticides, air, water and soils are inevitably contaminated by them.\n\nSoil Association standards only allow organic farmers restricted use of seven non-synthetic pesticides that have been approved on the basis of their origin, environmental impact and potential to persist as residues.\n\nThey tend to represent the final option for pest control when other methods have failed or are known to be ineffective. They are only used on a non-routine basis following authorisation from the certifying body for a specific reason.\n\nTrace elements of pesticides often remain in our food; A "Which" report of September 2001 states "pesticides used in conventional farming are toxic chemicals which kill insects, weeds and fungi, for example. But they can also harm humans, wildlife and the environment"\n\nThe issue of pesticide residues in produce is particularly pertinent to children, who consume far more produce per pound of body weight than do adults. But with regard to children, the issue of pesticide residues is not limited to foods. There is growing evidence that children are far more sensitive than adults to the effects of pesticides in the environment, due to their rapidly developing nervous systems.\nFood additives:\n\nOrganic standards permit only a limited list of around 30 additives which are allowed in organic food products only if the authenticity of the product is respected and the product cannot be produced or preserved without them.\n\nMore than 500 food additives are permitted for use in non-organic processed foods (3). Food colourings such as tartrazine and other additives have been linked with symptoms such as allergic reactions, urticaria, headaches, asthmas, growth retardation and hyperactivity in children.\nHydrogenated fats:\n\nNo hydrogenated fats are used in organic food production. Also known as "trans-fats", they are created artificially by the hydrogenation process and are included in many processed foods to make the product more solid (for example, in biscuits and margarines).\n\nIn 1994 the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy recommended reducing the amount of hydrogenated fats in the British diet (4), but they are still widely used and are present in many processed foods.\nWildlife:\n\nOrganic farming has many benefits for wildlife and the environment. For example, organic dairy farms do not cut hedges between March and October when birds are nesting. They are also restricted to cutting them once every 2 years, to provide undisturbed habitats for species such as dormice. Organic farmers are not allowed to plough up traditional meadows rich in wildlife.\n\nThe RSPB has stated that "organic farming systems benefit the environment"\n\nIn May 2000 the Soil Association and WWF-UK carried out research into the biodiversity benefits of organic farming (5). These were some of their research findings:\n\nPlants: five times as many wild plants in arable fields, 57 percent more species, and several rare and declining wild arable species found only on the organic farms.\n\nBirds: 25 per cent more birds at the field edge, 44 per cent more in-field in autumn/winter, 2.2 times as many breeding skylarks and higher skylark breeding rates.\n\nInvertebrates: 1.6 times as many of the arthropods that comprise bird food; three
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No but its great for antioxidants for your body.
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Why doesn't the consumer simply educate himself and be more careful in what he buys?  I don't even take suplements.  I just eat healthy, organically grown vegetables and meat from animals raised on free range, organic farms.  I also hunt and grow my own vegetables in my organic garden.
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definitely! my aunt is a dermatologist and she told me that if i ate really healthy my skin would be waaaay healthier!
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No.\n\nYour dietary patterns is a result of your state of emotion and mind, and not the other way around.