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Organic vs. Commercial foods

From A Course in Metabolic Typing and Healthy Nutrition
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Organic vs. Commercial foods

By  James Brent Beach


What are Organic Foods?

Basically, organic foods are foods raised and processed without synthetic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, sewer sludge, artificial hormones, antibiotics, irradiation, genetically modified organisms, etc. Livestock and poultry must be fed organic feed and/or grazed on organically certified pasture. Access to pasture is required for livestock. However, certain chemicals and sprays deemed natural or safe and/or necessary are allowed and some flexibility is allowed in animal pasturing under the Organic Standard (link below).

History

Historically all food was organic. Then about 1800 a German scientist created the first chemical fertilizer and a global industry was born. In both 2001 and 2002, more than 5 billion pounds of pesticides were used worldwide. The United States of America used over 1.2 billion pounds in both 2001 and 2002. Read the EPA Report. Later, an organic food industry developed and in 1990 the United States Department of Agricultureauthorized OFPA.

The Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) was enacted under Title 21 of the 1990 Farm Bill. In April 1995, the NOSB defined “organic”. The final national organic standards rule was published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000. The law was activated April 21, 2001. And, anyone who grew or marketed “organic” products were required to comply with the rule as of October 21, 2002. See the National Organic Program.

What’s the Difference?

In their book Empty Harvest – Understanding The Link Between Our Food, Our Immunity, And Our Planet, on page 11, Dr. Bernard Jesen and Mark Anderson state that chemical fertilizers kill the microbial life in the soil. It is the microbes that break down the minerals the plants absorb. Without the microbes the plants are mineral deficient and poor nutritionally.

Virginia Worthington, Ph.D., of John Hopkins University, as part of her doctoral dissertation, reviewed available research comparing nutritional values of commercial and organically grown produce. She found organically grown produce to be higher in vitamins and minerals. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2001; 7(2); 161.

Talk Of The Nation, a national radio program, on 12/27/00, Reported…”60% of processed foods contain genetically altered food products”

Reported in the Well Being Journal March/April 2002, Irradiation of foods creates new chemicals not in existence naturally or man made prior to food irradiation. These chemicals are toxic and have not been tested by the FDA …

The Environmental Working Group states that do to mercury content pregnant women should not eat: Tuna steaks, Sea bass, Gulf Coast oysters, Marlin, Halibut, Pike, Walleye, White croaker, and Largemouth bass. These they say are in addition to the FDA’s recommendation to entirely avoid Swordfish, Shark, King mackerel and Tilefish. Read the entire report EWG. EPA’s Draft Report - Consumption of Fish and Shellfish.

MSG Resource foods to avoid (an eye-opener), information, links…. Sadly, the EPA is now allowing MSG to be sprayed on crops even organic crops. At this time I do not know any other way around this (unless you know the farmer or buy directly from him at the farmers market and ask if he sprays with MSG) than to grow your own produce. If you’re so inclined the book Solar Gardening – Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive Way by Leandre Poisson and Gretchen Vogel Poisson, has plans for building Solar Pods or year-round planter boxes. And, the Organic Farm & Gardener, vol. 1, number 1, June 2004, shows the layout for a greenhouse that triples the length of the growing season. Rite-Way Publishing, Inc. Boise, Idaho, 208-377-0226. Remember to build them extra-strong and safe in every way!

Body Chemical
Burden A wonderful list researched by the Environmental Working Group.

Dr. Doris J. Rapp, M.D., F.A.A.A., F.A.A.P., A board-certified environmental medical specialist and pediatric allergist. Author of Is This your Child? & Is This Your Childs World? In her book Our Toxic World, covers chemical effects on the brain, body and sexual organs. We all can be sensitive to anyone of the thousands of chemicals, foods, food dyes, molds, pollens, etc. and not realize the effects, or come in contact with it for most of our life – then have a severe behavior change or reaction and wonder what happened? (For books, videos, audio’s, seminars to recognize & deal with reactions – DrRapp.com716-875-0398.

There is also the environmental aspect. In North America Atrazine is the most commonly used weed killer. It can be found in rainwater, snow runoff and ground water. Tyrone B. Hayes of the University of California at Berkley states “There is virtually no Atrazine free environment”. – Idaho Statesman April 16, 2002.

Organic produce is higher in nutrition than commercial produce and has fewer chemicals and pesticides. (Note: depending on the farm some pesticides can still be in the soil years after conversion to organic production.) While organic produce is more expensive, you will be healthier. Try it for 12 months with one of the metabolic typing programs, then switch back to commercial produce from EWG’s least sprayed list and normal vitamin supplements or none at all. See if you don’t believe you were actually healthier, had more immunity, bounced back from illness a lot faster with organic produce, pastured meats and metabolically correct supplements (or w/o them).

Balancing the Benefits and Costs

We can to the best of our financial ability, change our shopping and life style habits to allow more time to prepare made from scratch meals of organic (and/or) least sprayed produce, organic (when possible) pasture fed animal products or the highest quality combination we can afford. The more organic we can afford to add to the mix the healthier we will be.

Tips:

  • Shopping from home saves time.
  • Eliminating negative, violent, poor quality television (and video games) yields time for food preparation, career advancement, hobbies, outdoor recreation and real life. Try eliminating television for thirty days, I did and found I was happier and had a lot more time for my work and real life. I am much more aware of time spent watching television now and watch carefully that it portrays and enhances the quality of life I aspire to living.
  • Buying in bulk saves time and money.
  • Eliminating processed foods & snacks, flavored drinks, soft drinks and alcohol saves money and is a lot healthier.
  • The Farmers Market should have just picked ripe organic produce and you can talk to the farmer yourself. Picked-ripe produce is far healthier than produce picked green.

In our last lesson we will look beyond the basic protein, mixed and carbohydrate type’s. And, look at the difference between parasympathetic and fast oxidizers, which are both protein types but react differently to certain foods.

I hope you enjoyed the class and found it informative.

Also see:

Food Information Sites

(excerpt from Resources)

  • Fruit and vegetables 12 most & 12 least sprayed list - reduce pesticide residues up to 90% …. .(Based on USDA tests) Foodnews.org/.
  • MSG Resource, foods to avoid (an eye-opener), information, links… msgtruth.org/avoid.htm
  • True Foods GMO Free & GMO food Guide This is a great service to those who eat proccessed foods and most of us do from time to time. If you can afford it buy only organic (locally raised when possible) and prepare from scratch. TrueFoods.org/
  • GMO Free Shopping Guide, GMO information, GM Free Schools and more.
  • GMO Free Shopping Guide SeedsOfDeception.com – PDF.


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    Dining Note: Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner, Every meal is a time for warm-hearted family socializing. A time to share and enjoy not only the meal but also each other. It is not a time for heavy or stressful subjects, and anger, heated debate or haste have no place at the table as they interfere with the absorption of the meal and it might well have been thrown out. Sit-back and enjoy! Better yet, extend it… into the kitchen. Everyone can pitch in to help prepare the meal with the aromas, sites and sounds stimulating and preparing the body to receive the meal. A family Affair!

    Dietary Notice: Before any change in diet, especially if you are currently under a doctor’s care, you should consult with your doctor or healthcare-provider and get a complete physical. And, make all dietary changes gradually.

    Health Note: Depending on your current chemical build up, the body will eliminate chemicals at its own pace. And, could dump a bunch of chemicals into the blood stream all at once, triggering a reaction and one might feel worse, flu-ish, mad at the world or a lot worse. A slow transition to the new diet will slow the elimination of chemicals. Anyone who is chemical sensitive should work with their doctor (or a doctor who specializes in chemical sensitive individuals) as a precaution. The book A Time to Heal by Beta Bishop is a wonderful story of a
    woman beating the odds and winning against terminal cancer. She describes this chemical elimination cycle or what is called a
    Healing Crisis. Available from the Gerson Institute (888)4-GERSON.

    Bibliography: The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wolcott and Trish Fahey, Using your Diet Plan Article by Healthexcel (included with Healthexcel programs). And, as noted by web site, articles, or books etc. throughout the course. including *Understanding Fats & Oils – Your Guide to Healing With Essential Fatty Acids by Michael T. Murray, N.D. and Jade Beutler, R.R.T., R.C.P.. ** Fats That Heal Fats That Kill by Udo Erasmus pg. 109, Alive Books. Healthexcel is the leader in metabolic typing technology. James Brent Beach is trained and certified as an advisor in metabolic typing through Healthexcel.

    -It’s Nutrition-

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    January 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: food

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