Weight Loss-The Health Aspects of Organic Food
March 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Weight Loss
Articles on healthy weight loss are essential not only for basic information, but to learn about the values and ethics of each weight loss plan. This may include recommendations on what is acceptable for optimum weight loss and what is not. This is important when it comes to organic food and the use of such in a weight loss plan. Although ideas on organic food are always debatable, it will help to keep the objective science of the idea in mind.
If taken literally, organic food simply means any type of food. But with the strong use of this word in weight loss plans, there is clearly another meaning for it. ‘Organic food’ is technically food that is grown and marketed without any man-made chemicals used in mass-scale food production whatsoever; this includes artificial preservatives.
Whether organic food is better for your optimum healthy weight loss, however, may depend on your situation. Organic food is known to cost at least 50% more than regular food; 100% more, in some cases. But for those who are really interested in the health aspect of their weight loss, it may be well worth it.
However, there is no correct answer as to whether organic food actually is purer or healthier for weight loss. While some organic farms take great care in making sure that their food is built for optimum healthy weight loss, in that it maximizes nutrients, minimizes harmful compounds and is fresh, others may have e.coli bacteria in their food that can only be taken care of after cooking.
Apart from the potential toxin levels available in organic food, there are also differences in their nutrition levels that may affect healthy weight loss.
In general, organic food is known to contain higher amounts of vitamin A, B-complex, C, E, as well as calcium and zinc. The mineral content of organic fruits also has lower levels of heavy metals than regular food.
However, as long as the nutrients level in both types of food is high enough that the extra amounts will be automatically discarded by the body and the toxins level is low enough to be constantly safe, it does not really matter what type you eat in your weight loss plan. As long as the food is not spoiled, they both carry benefits and risks in weight loss.
The decision to eat regular food or organic food lies solely on the consumer, according to their personal views and circumstances.
