What Are the Benefits of Organic Fruit and Vegetables

We hear continually more evidence about the benefits of eating organic fruit and vegetables as opposed to chemically enhanced GM fruit and veg. While some researches conclude that there is little or no difference in the nutritional content of non organic and unaltered organic fruit and vegetables. nearly all of us know this not to be true.

If you observe some of the crucial differences between the two types, basic intelligence will be all you need to realise that there is a lot more benefit to be derived from eating chemically unaltered food as opposed to its inferior counterpart.

For a start, the whole process of chemically enhancing now associated with today's conventional methods of turning out our crops, involves growing GM veg with more water content , this gives an unnatural growth rate and an artificial look that is to good to be true. Just look at all the rows and rows of fruit and veg in your local super market and you will know it is not possible, veg can ever look so good. More to the point, organic vegetables have what is known as more "dry matter" this means it is made up of more food substance and less water. This will constitute towards making up more of your day's quota of nutrients.

Another advantage for consuming non GM Veg is the higher count of phytonutrients. These are life enhancing antioxidants that are a crucial part of the plants system, a defence against harmful chemicals and pesticides while it is growing. It it comes as no suprise that a plant allowed to grow without pesticides and chemicals will have a lot more of its natural defences (pyhtonutrients) intact, these of course will be passed on to you as you eat the vegetables. The more common phytonutrients are; lycopene, polyphenols and flavenols. these are found in many of the more common veg that we consume on a daily basis.

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