“A recent report on the power of organic foods, which was endorsed by a number of scientist, organizations, and experts in organic research, nutrition and medicine, recommended long-term feeding trials with both annimals and humans. This type of research would be able to assess the impact that consuming organic food has on health- including female health, fetal health and male fertility. Of animals fed organically produced feed, the report showed significant health improvements in tha areas of growth, reproductive health, and ability to recover from illness.”
It is common practice to give cattle estrogen to increase their size and profits for farmers. However the side effect is creating cows that are estrogen dominant, in turn causing the consumer to also gain high levels of synthetic estrogen. It is no wonder we have girls as young as 4, 5 and 6 developing breast tissue along with some young boys. Other girls are getting their periods at the ages of 6 or 8 years old. Estrogen dominance can have many harmful side effects which I will cover in a later blog, one of which increase the risk for estrogen dominant cancers.
Over 400 studies have been published on the comparison between organic foods and non-organic foods, showing the health effects, nutritional content and food safety in consumers. A dramatic decline was observed in mineral levels in the fruits and vegetables over the past 50 years in the non-organic foods. There is less and less food available in your food.
Organic foods are higher in Vitamin C and phytonutrients, which are compounds that not only protect plants from pests and disease, but are also beneficial in the prevention and treatment of cancer.
Normal functioning of the female endocrine glands depends on trace elements (minerals and vitamins). Each of your hormones is activated by the mineral in the center of it. “For example, the thyroid must have sufficient quantity and quality of the trace element iodine to form the hormone thyroxin and the mineral selenium to activate it. The pancreas requires trace minerals, and zinc to make insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar. The sex steroid hormones of the gonads require Vitamin E, selenium and fat-soluble vitamin factors as precursors. Magnesium and Vitamin E are vital to pituitary hormone Production, while Vitamin D is very similar to the Calcium-controlling parathyroid hormone. Estrogen production is dependent on copper. Therefore, sufficient real, live, whole food vitamins and minerals are required for a healthy hormonal state.”
Pretty interesting, don’t you think!
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