Food gives our bodies the energy we need to function whether it is healthy or not. I consider my self a healthy eater because everyday I cook my traditional food. I grew up in culture where everything I eat is always fresh and organic. I always shop at the African stores where my cultural food is available. I always buy organic meat but the fruit and veggies are always conventional. I do eat conventional food sometimes but that's because I don't have time to cook or running late for work. After watching the video, "what is wrong with what we eat," by Mark Bittman, I realized that some of the foods I eat have been processed with chemicals, I am changing the way I shop and consider shopping more organic and reading labels carefully.
Eating organic food is better than conventional food. There is no doubt in mind that organic food is better than conventional foods because they are better, healthier and free from hormones and chemicals. Organics are little bit expensive, which is why some people tend to buy processed food because that is what they can afford. even though organic seems to be more expensive, it is better for you than processed food because of health issues behind it. It is better to buy organic food which is expensive than processed food because of the health issues you may be facing in the long run. According to Birke Baehr in TEDx Next Generation Asheville (Pay the farmer or the hospital, "you either pay the farmer or you pay the hospital." I totally agree with the above quote because you either eat organic and stay healthy, or you eat processed food and end up in hospital because of health issues like diabetes and heart diseases, etc.
