Importance of organic food for healthy life?

Organic food:

           The term “organic” refers to the way agricultural products are grown and processed. Organic food is food produced by methods that comply with the standards of organic farming. Standards vary worldwide, but organic farming features practices that cycle resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. Organizations regulating organic products may restrict the use of certain pesticides and fertilizers in the farming methods used to produce such products. Organic foods typically are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or synthetic food additives.

The benefits of organic food:
             Organic foods often have more beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants, than their conventionally-grown counterparts and people with allergies to foods, chemicals, or preservatives often find their symptoms lessen or go away when they eat only organic foods.

Organic produce contains fewer pesticides: 
              Chemicals such as fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides are widely used in conventional agriculture and residues remain on (and in) the food we eat.

Organic food is often fresher
              Because it doesn’t contain preservatives that make it last longer. Organic produce is often (but not always, so watch where it is from) produced on smaller farms near where it is sold.

Organic farming is better for the environment:
              Organic farming practices reduce pollution, conserve water, reduce soil erosion, increase soil fertility, and use less energy. Farming without pesticides is also better for nearby birds and animals as well as people who live close to farms.

Organically raised animals are NOT given antibiotics, growth hormones, or fed animal byproducts: 
               Feeding livestock animal byproducts increases the risk of mad cow disease (BSE) and the use of antibiotics can create antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Organically-raised animals are given more space to move around and access to the outdoors, which help to keep them healthy.

Organic meat and milk are richer in certain nutrients: 
               Results of a 2016 European study show that levels of certain nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids, were up to 50 percent higher in organic meat and milk than in conventionally raised versions.

Organic food is GMO-free:
              Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) foods are plants whose DNA has been altered in ways that cannot occur in nature or in traditional crossbreeding, most commonly in order to be resistant to pesticides or produce an insecticide.

Here are some benefits of eating organic food:

1. Higher organic food consumption may be associated with a lower risk of childhood allergies.

2. People who eat more organic food tend to follow a healthier overall diet with higher consumption of fruits, veggies, and whole grains and lower consumption of meat, a dietary pattern that is associated with both a smaller carbon footprint and a lower risk of chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

3. Adults who eat organic food more frequently are less likely to be overweight or obese.

4. Organic grain farmers tend to use animal manure rather than mineral phosphorus fertilizer and to maintain higher levels of organic matter in the soil, differences that may result in lower levels of cadmium in the harvested grain.

5. A few animal studies suggest that consuming organically grown feed rather than conventionally grown feed may support a healthy immune system in future generations, but results found in animal studies do not always turn out to be the same for humans.

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