About Us
Iron Body Organics
Iron Body Organics is your Virtual Organic Foods Consultant. Iron Body Organics consists of a group of Organic Farmers, from meats and dairy to vegetables, who are here to answer your questions and to provide you with guidance about shopping for organic foods and for growing organic vegetables.
Why eat Organic? As explained by the Organic Consumers Association, organic food is more nutritious, pure food free of chemical additives, and safer to eat than conventional foods (see below for more detailed information). By consistently eating conventional meats, dairy and produce and by purchasing conventional, processed foods, you are putting toxins and pesticides into your body on a daily basis. Before the Industrial Revolution eating organic was easy and the average way of life. Unfortunately, since then, as the United States progressed and prospered, eating organic has become expensive and hard to come by. Fortunately over the past 10 years or so, there has been a small group of the population in the United States who has been emphasizing the importance of eating local and organic. Just think of the saying, “You are what you eat.” Would you rather be toxin free as a result of eating organic or would you rather be filled with toxins and subsequently FEEL as if you are filled with toxins?
If you have any questions that you would like to ask our organic farmers about organic foods or gardening, then please complete the Contact Form to request more information.
As detailed on the Organic Consumers Association Website:
Why Eat Organic?
Organic Food Is More Nutritious
Organic foods, especially raw or non-processed, contain higher levels of beta carotene, vitamins C, D and E, health-promoting polyphenols, cancer-fighting antioxidants, flavonoids that help ward off heart disease, essential fatty acids, and essential minerals.
- On average, organic is 25% more nutritious in terms of vitamins and minerals than products derived from industrial agriculture.
- Levels of antioxidants in milk from organic cattle are between 50% and 80% higher than normal milk. Organic wheat, tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, onions and lettuce have between 20% and 40% more nutrients than non-organic foods.
Organic Food is Pure Food, Free of Chemical Additives:
- Organic food doesn't contain food additives, flavor enhancers (like MSG), artificial sweeteners (like aspartame and high-fructose corn syrup), contaminants (like mercury) or preservatives (like sodium nitrate), that can cause health problems.
- Eating organic has the potential to lower the incidence of autism, learning disorders, diabetes, cancer, coronary heart disease, allergies, osteoporosis, migraines, dementia, and hyperactivity.
Organic Food Is Safer:
- Organic food doesn't contain pesticides. More than 400 chemical pesticides are routinely used in conventional farming and residues remain on non-organic food even after washing. Children are especially vulnerable to pesticide exposure. One class of pesticides, endocrine disruptors, may be responsible for early puberty and breast cancer. Pesticides are linked to asthma and cancer.
- Organic food isn't genetically modified. Under organic standards, genetically modified (GM) crops and ingredients are prohibited.
- Organic animals aren't given drugs. Organic farming standards prohibit the use of antibiotics, growth hormones and genetically modified vaccines in farm animals. Hormone-laced beef and dairy consumption is correlated with increased rates of breast, testis and prostate cancers.
- Organic animals aren't fed slaughterhouse waste, blood, or manure. Eating organic reduces the risks of CJD, the human version of mad cow disease, as well as Alzheimer's.
- Organic animals aren't fed arsenic.
- Organic animals aren't fed byproducts of corn ethanol production (which increases the rate of E. coli contamination).
- Organic crops aren't fertilized with toxic sewage sludge or coal waste, or irrigated with E. coli contaminated sewage water.
- Organic food isn't irradiated. Cats fed a diet of irradiated food got multiple sclerosis within 3-4 months.
- Organic food contains less illness-inducing bacteria. Organic chicken is free of salmonella and has a reduced incidence of campylobacter.
