Importance Of Eating Organic

Pesticides-

Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides have been proven to be neurogenic, or estrogenic. This means that it disrupts the nervous system, or the endocrine system. It messes with the pests reproduction via hormones. Also, these are designed to kill very small things, this includes our microbiome. We are made up of these tiny organisms, and pesticides have a profound impact on them. In the world full of environmental stressors, it would be best to avoid them as much as we can, and stay biologically resilient. Eating organic will help diminish the overall toxic load. Not all companies that are labeled organic do things correctly, but it’s a step in the right direction. Biodynamic certification is the highest standard for organic and regenerative agriculture.

Farmers Markets and CSAs

These are great places to shop and get to know the farmers. These are organic anyways, but they usually don’t have the certifications because it costs a lot of money to have them. Getting to know where your food came from is a good idea. At the store, you can find the clean 15 and the dirty dozen. This is basically a list of produce that is important to get organic, and a list that wouldn’t be as harmful if you didn’t. CSAs (community supported agriculture) is a relationship between the farm and the members that sign up to be consumers, and exchange, they get a weekly harvest of what the farm produces.

Shopping Tips

For the freshest produce, it’s usually going to be be in the back of the isle if there is a row. Also, utilizing reusable produce bags is a good idea for the produce and the environment. Theres a lot of quality bags including cotton. There’s a lot of different ways to store produce, and it could depend on the type, but in general, you don’t have to be that specific.

Thrive Market-

This is an excellent online shopping platform that has all things wellness. Everything is usually 25-50% retail prices, and is a membership platform. They vet everything to make sure it’s high quality, so you don’t have to look everywhere. They also gift a membership to teachers, doctors, and veterans for every membership that is purchased.