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.
Hi Fatoumata,
ReplyDeleteI agree that eating organic food is better than conventional, but do you think are you really eating a pure organic? After, I watched the video by Mark Bittman and read his article, I realized that these days what we are eating organic is not a pure because real organic means animals needs to provide their natural foods and free with the environment and fruits, vegetables and meats are been packed with the styrofoam to be shiped in different countries. He also mentioned that there are no guarantee eating organic food is helthier than conventional. Therefore, I think people are just paying the full amount on semi organic, it is like drinking bottle water is not healthier than tap water, people are just paying for the bottle which is also not good for the environment as well as people are not getting any sodium and potassium from bottle water. Here, what I really ment to say that people should use their knowledge for the food options in the market and spent little bit time on cooking at home rather just buying the packet food. Remember, " Organic junk food is still junk food."