Is the answer to happiness actually hidden in the food that we consume, each and every day?

Posted by: Rainbow

15th Jun 2011 12:16pm

Whilst many health authorities preach the benefits of consuming an organic diet, practically speaking, this just isn't an option for many households with prices being exceedingly higher than that of standard produce. It seems people these days wouldn't falter at getting a loan for a fancy car, new boat or a huge TV, yet when it comes to fuel for the body, spending more money on a higher quality of produce just doesn’t appeal. Is there not a direct relationship between food and our mood? If we eat well, we feel well, right? By introducing this simple concept into our lives, surely we’ll have more energy, a positive outlook and new found tools to assist our brains in working more efficiently and productively. In turn, this will enable us to make more money, thus allowing us to buy the big cars and the new boats! Is it a catch 22? Perhaps we have it all wrong…

Clover

16th Jun 2011 05:04pm

Organic food is grown on land with no pesticide residue, no pesticides (nerve poisons) are put on the plants, and fertilizers have more nutrients than just NPK. It takes 90 nutrients a day to support a human body. NPK, a by product from munitions manufacture, is 3 nutrients - where do you get the other 87??? Fertilizers should be manure and compost, but as you mentioned, manure isn't always top quality either. Biodynamic is the term for only organic manure and compost being used to fertilize organic farms, so it's the best, but the paper trail makes the price prohibitive (but generally tastes SO much better, so long as your tastebuds aren't corrupted.)
Free range eggs are from healthier chooks, because they are happier and act like birds, not like egg-producing robots. If you cook food with love, why would you use ingredients from misery? We have a cage-egg farm nearby, I know someone who got chicks from them - all dead of cancer in 18 mths. She will not buy eggs or chooks from them ever again, all her chooks are over 3 years old now.

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