Organic Food No Better Than Conventional?

Ever since I have been working in the industry of Organics and Healthy Living, I have absolutely adored the organic produce and organic way of living. What the Nature offers us is beautiful and abundant, and we should appreciate what we have and respect it.

I read the news the other day "Organic Food No more Nutritional Than Conventional". But is Organic Food more beneficial?

A latest report from Total Health Breakthrough suggests:

93% of non-organic oranges analyzed contained pesticide residues

78% of apples analyzed contained pesticide residues

43% of all fruit and vegetables analyzed had detectable levels of pesticides

50% of lettuce contained residues from 7 or more chemicals

The list goes on...

Ramdin, a Seattle mother of two daughters, ages 2 and 5 and a neighbor, whose family eats a conventional diet, were among 40 households who kept food diaries of their children for three days, then collected their kids' urine for analysis. The study by researchers at the University of Washington concluded that children fed a diet of organic foods were exposed to far fewer - six to nine times less - toxic pesticides than children fed a conventional diet!


"Buying organic makes me feel good, that I'm doing something good for the land," says Ramdin. "But it's great to hear that there are real differences in what chemicals my children were exposed to."


Herbicide or pesticide used in conventional food production could remain in our food. But moreover on the environmental front, the chemical and energy intensive industrial farming could degrade the soil, pollute the environment, and destabilize the climate with CO2, methane and nitrous oxide greenhouse gas pollution.

Is organic food better than conventional? I'd say "YES".

Stop Scratching!

I came across this article that I think very good and helpful.
Eczema is the name for a group of skin diseases characterized by dry sensitive skin; red, scaly rashes; and severe troubling itch. Dr. Mark Lowitt, a dermatologist at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, discusses the condition:
•The most common type of eczema, called atopic dermatitis, is seen in both children and adults, and often occurs in people with a personal or family history of allergic disease such as hay fever, allergies, or asthma.
•The most remarkable symptom of eczema is itch. The classic rash from eczema consists of poorly defined pink or red dry patches, most commonly in the creases of the arms, knees and neck.
•When it is severe, the rash from eczema can occur all over the body. In large part, the rash is actually caused by the scratching that results from severe, unrelenting itch.
•Treatments for eczema are all geared toward minimization of itch, and include
1) bathing with nonsoap cleansers such as body washes so as not to remove too much of the skin's protective oil;
2) using moisturizing creams liberally and often to keep the skin moist,
3) applying prescription cortisone creams to calm down the skin's inflammation, and
4) taking oral antihistamines to relieve the itch.
•When continuously scratched, the skin can become thickened and leathery (called lichenification) and the surface of the skin can be broken by scratching, which can lead to cutaneous bacterial, fungal, and viral infection. The constant itch can lead to poor sleep and irritability.Source: The Baltimore Sun 27/07/09