What is Healthy?

For years I've been interested in living a healthier lifestyle. And while I don't eat fast food, that hardly makes me healthy. But it does make a difference. But I came to some interesting realizations when researching the clothing industry for my green business, RECYCLE ME.

I thought, if you have to make choices, you should be informed. So think about this in your quest for a healthier lifestyle for you and your family.

Cotton, corn, and soybeans are the most heavily sprayed crops in the world. That effects you directly and indirectly in so many ways. From the air pollution, water table, and soil that is soaked up by your food to the actual direct consumption of these products.

You may not realize it, but you probably eat cotton by-products frequenlty, in the form of cotton seed oil in your processed foods from crakers to tortillas to cookies. And in your dairy and beef products through the cow's diet which can consist of cotton seed.

Now I'm not saying cotton, soy, and corn are bad for you in and of themselves, but when you douse them with pesticides and fill them with synthetic fertilizers, you may as well put bug spray on your table as a condiment.

But don't think that you are doing all you can for your health if your food isn't organic. Those chemicals add up in your diet and in your body. And although there has been press that organic food isn't any healthier for you, as in the vitamins and fiber, it is healthier for you in that it isn't covered with chemicals.

And when you buy and eat organic you will also be happy to know that the people who worked on sowing and reaping your food don't have to face cancer and future birth defects of their children because they farmed for a living. It's about health all the way around. It always is.

And if you can't eat everything organic, try to avoid the biggest offenders. The Environmental Working Group lists the most important produce to eat organic.

To you, your health, and the health of those around you!