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ENC 1101 Section 4002

24 Aug. 2018

Are organically grown foods healthier than conventionally grown and/or prepared foods?

Portnoy, Shari

“Organic, Natural & Healthy”

“Organic, in food terms is defined as free of chemical pesticides and certain farming practices” (Portnoy 25). Most food on the market nowadays have so many artificial flavors and all sorts of chemicals that take away from the food and the original content to make it more tasteful. Organically grown foods are healthier than conventionally grown and prepared foods for mainly this reason. All those other chemicals and flavoring is all for the taste to get the customer to become addicted and back for more. But what’s really in these flavorings? Well chemicals and all sorts of them. These chemicals are not good for your body and take away from the carbon and the heathier food that was already organically grown. “Natural is defined to mean minimally processed, without artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or addictive’s” (Portnoy 26). Good thing is as of now a label cannot say organic without the product being 95-100% organic. Genetically modified organisms (GMO) is also a conventional way to add bad artificial products to our food as it is in most of the groceries we buy already.

Kluger, Jeffrey

“What’s so great about organic food?”

“Only 3% of the food market is organic” (Kluger ). This is a number that society needs to get raised. What’s so great about organic food? Well the better/healthier lifestyle. Doctors recommend organic food to live longer and live healthier. Adding all these artificial flavorings are simply just toxic for the body. Yes, organic food might cost more that these processed food but it’s worth it. “Our diet is indeed killing us, and killing our environment too” (Kluger). As the U.S has just reached an all-time high of obese people. A change has to be made and we need to stop encouraging these manufacturers to continue making these horrific/toxic food items. “When you’re raising something with a circulatory system and a nervous system, they deserve care” says Eggleston. This is a representation of the cows being feed genetically modified gunk with their food, served as food so that they can produce more milk at a rapid fire rate which causes bleeding and other harmful cells and infusion that is not helpful for the body as these cows are getting slaughtered for their milk and meat.

“Cyclospora outbreak raises questions about safety of food supply”

“The number of people infected with the parasitic illness has now risen to 378 cases”, according to the (CDC) on Wednesday. People started getting an outbreak of parasitic illness. This was caused by the GMO manufactures were adding to our food. That went out of hand as people were found with parasitic bugs in their intestines. “48 million cases of food poisoning, 140,000 hospitalized and 3,000 deaths over the last 16 months” according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unbelieve that cases like this are happening and increasing every year but it is still permitted for manufactures to continue to process like this. Organic food is better and more healthy than conventionally grown food. There needs to be change.

Works Cited

Portnoy, Shari. "Organic, Natural & Healthy." American Fitness. 31.3 (2013): 24-30. Health Source - Consumer Editions. Web. 12 Sept. 2018

Kluger, Jeffrey, Eben Harrell, and Krista Mahr. “What’s So Great About Organic Food?” Time International (Atlantic Edition). 6 Sept. 2010: 34-39. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Sept. 2018

Food Supply." Life Examiner 1 Aug. 2013. NewsBankWorldAccess. Web. 12 Sept. 2018

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