NM Organics

In today’s world it is very difficult to affect the quality of life at individual level. The quality of air, water, noise, etc.. most are beyond our control, particularly in urban areas. On the other hand, the quality of the daily diet can be very easily improved with minimal effort. It is known that the diet is a critical factor in good health and many diseases can be prevented or kept under control through healthy eating and healthier lifestyle.
The rapid development of our civilization has led certainly to prosperity, but also it has developed “civilization diseases” – cardiovascular and malignant disease, many patients with diabetes, elevated cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood … One cause is certainly inadequate nutrition. Through the consumption of foods produced in a conventional manner we daily take into our body harmful ingredients, such as harmful substances in food that are deposited during breeding (pesticides, fertilizers, hormones, veterinary preparations …), of those added during processing (nitrates and nitrites, synthetic additives …), or various toxins that incurred through inadequate packaging (metal cans, printing color ..). It is used about 60,000 different chemicals in the food industry, each of us ingest at least 2.5 kg of these substances yearly! This fact calls into question all previous views on the biological value of food.

In recent years, more attention is paid to organic food.

Around the world, different nations have different definitions for the term health. But in general, the base of thinking is to achieve balance between body and mind, because only if this relationship is balanced, we can say that a person is healthy.

According to the old Chinese philosophy, the various types of energy in different foods are responsible for a large range of thoughts and feelings that manage our body. The base of macrobiotics and vegetarianism is set in this philosophy, arguing that mild energy plant provides gentle thoughts and feelings and prevent aggression. That, ultimately, leads to peace and prosperity in and around us.

Gardening the own vegetable garden can look like a vintage photo of our grandparents, but it should not be. It should be a part of our contemporary life-style because planting on our own garden have various benefits. To start with, it is a healthy and rewarding hobby for everyone. During the work in the garden, you get fresh air and the sunlight provides a good dose of vitamin D. Also it requires some physical efforts so it can be considered as an enjoyable way of exercising. Moreover, the feeling you get because you have to care for something and follow how it develops into beautiful flowers or tasty vegetables and fruits is unsurpassed.

Your children can also take part in gardening. In addition to usefulness of their contribution to the growth of plants, they can learn something. They can learn how to be responsible for some other living being and how their actions effect each plant. It is an interesting, easy and useful way to teach them these important life lessons.

The three most important international organizations FAO (Organization for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization), UNEP (Programme for Environmental Protection UN) and WHO (World Health Organization) have jointly called attention to the increased vulnerability of children to pesticides, as well as their necessary protection from chemicals.

In the American study, headed by prof. Dr. William Ria, it was revealed four-fold increase in the number of cases of cancer of soft tissues, and doubling the number of cases of leukemia in children whose parents are keeping their vegetable plots using herbicides, pesticides or insecticides.
Specifically, children in the period of growth and development take much more food and fluids than adults, and with them the risk of eating contaminated food is very high. Unfortunately, the development of the immune system during this period is directly affected by chemicals.

Can we completely wash away all those chemicals from the food we eat, especially if the fruits are not organic? The answer is, unfortunately negative, because many of the used chemicals are actually inside the plant and can not be fully washed off.  What is actually most horrifying is that once the water is contaminated with chemical waste, even organic farmers will experience difficulties keeping their plants clean and pure. The only solution would be to stop buying food that is treated with chemicals. Moreover, stop using chemicals in your life.

Organic food is grown without the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Organic farming in general protects the ecosystem and natural resources, as well as the health of all those who deal with them and of consumers. If you choose an organic product it means that you have made a good choice because, among other things, it is never genetically modified.