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Health

You Are What You Eat: Daring to Live Organic

When was the last time that you tasted a farm-grown tomato as opposed to one picked off of the supermarket shelf? Does your breakfast consist of fresh orange juice and freerange eggs or do you make it a point to hit the local fish and chips shop? If we take the statement that we are what we eat seriously, imagine what our bodies look like on the inside (not to mention what chemicals and preservatives can do to the OUTSIDE)! Our livers are packed with foreign substances, preservatives and even heavy metals. The MSG in many processed foods actually makes us even hungrier; contributing to weight gain. In fact, industries employ artificial flavourings and colourings that are direct byproducts of coal and oil plants. If you do not wish to become part of an environmental disaster, keep on reading.

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