Organic Food

Eating organic is not necessarily easy. The products are more expensive and difficult to get, since the prices of the transport are high with respect to the tons that are transported, explains Ortiz Haro, but these will be reducing a measure that increases the demand.

However, this is a long-term investment, consider Regina Marco nutrition.

"If you can not buy everything organic, you can choose. For example, the fruits and vegetables in which you eat the shell, such as apples, tomatoes, or cucumbers," since this is the part in which more toxic.

Also, "it is worth investing in products of animal origin such as milk and meat, which even distinguish when organic, has different size and color."

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, some pesticides may have carcinogenic effects or affect the nervous system. And according to a Washington State University study, organic products have more antioxidants, which can help prevent neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases.

We share 6 facts you do not know about organic foods, with which you realize the importance they have.

- "Organic" is the way in which agricultural products are manufactured. The processes used defend the integrity of the farm and follow a high set of standards that guarantee specific practices for food products and workers.

-When farmers spray pesticides, this can leave residues in the products. Organic farmers use insect traps, make careful crop selections, use predatory insects, or microorganisms benefits at the site of pest control that damages crops.

-Products labeled with the "organic" caption may reflect higher prices because the production process is often on a smaller scale with more labor, more intensive practices and tougher regulations.

-Many organic farms seek to keep animals in open places where there are better living conditions, contrary to industrial processes in which miles of animals in decks to increase profits and animals often suffer mutilations.

-Products containing less than 70 percent organic ingredients are labeled "made with organic ingredients" and cannot use a seal.

-The word "natural" in packaging does not mean precisely that it is manufactured through a sustainable process, it only means that it is free of artificial ingredients or coloring.