Many times, people associate eating organically as a way to live a healthier lifestyle in adults; however, little do people know the benefits children, even fetuses, receive from eating organic food sources. An article published by Time magazine, a reputable internet source, the pros to eating organically starting at an extremely young age are explored. In "Why Organic is the Right Choice for Parents" by Dr. Alan Greene and Anna Lappe, the idea of being able to prevent against diseases, limiting exposure to pesticides, and the effects of eating organically on a child's IQ are shared. This article informed me of the many diseases eating organically can help prevent. The number was shocking. Who knew that eating organically can help diminish the chance of getting an illness that everyone is terrified of. The reason I chose to research a topic revolving childhood consumption of organic products is due to the fact that I've been eating organically ever since I was a young child and I wanted to see if other people noticed changes between an organic diet versus a conventional diet.
I saw Time as a reliable and accurate source due to the history of that Time carries. Everyone around the world knows Time Magazine as a source to go to in research papers, reports, and even in an authors own article. Another thing that i found interesting as using this article as my number one source is that it provides meta-studies, studies including other studies results, to confirm the message the article is trying to convey. I've used Time as a source in other school projects and papers, which helped me support my claims more accurately than Wikipedia.
http://time.com/2914155/organic-food-children-health/
This does sound like a very reliable source as it was published by Time magazine. Were there any other articles that related to food politics on Time? This would relate to my article in saying that your diet as a youth can affect yourself later in life, however, my question is about a person's mental health. Yours is more about the physical effects such as the prevention of diseases.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually an interesting topic to me. When I was a baby, my doctor had to write my parents a prescription for me to get the organic baby food. It was the most expensive baby food at the time so my doctor put it in writing. It's all I would ever eat and if it wasn't organic I wouldn't eat it. I've been a bit stubborn since the beginning. That was probably for the first few years of my life, I stuck with organic food. It's like I could taste the difference and didn’t want anything non-organic. I don’t remember exactly how my parents got me off organic food, I’m not even sure if it was because of them or not. You mentioned having eaten organically pretty much your whole life, that's good. I'm a sickly person and have been my whole life, I wonder if that wouldn't have been the case or at least not as bad if I stayed with organic food as well.
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