Organic Foods Really Healthy?

There is what is called the halo effect where something is perceived as being good for you therefore more gets eaten or overeaten. One good example is where fast food chains label some of their food products as a healthier option, maybe because it contains salad of some kind. Even though the dressing may contain masses of fat or oils and spoonfuls of salt and sugar.

The perception though is because it is called a healthier option then more can be eaten without regard to the true ingredients that are involved.

For years we have always felt this about some organic foodstuffs. An easy example is the Organic White loaf, what a health contradiction! Now as far as we are concerned white flour products as part of the regular diet is crazy. Extracting the fibre particle of wheat along with much of the vitamin and mineral proponents from a food is a crazy thing to do. You are just asking for trouble in future years. We know of so many people who have died from bowel cancer, most of mature years who have spent many years eating low fibre diets.

A refined product be it organic or inorganic leads to the same conclusion, the probability of bowel cancer in the future or degenerative diseases due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Other convenience foods can be found that contain organic components. Still full of salt, sugar and fats or oils. Not exactly a healthy option to be eaten on a regular basis. Yet the Organic halo lead people to the wrong conclusion that it must be healthy therefore they can eat it with impunity.

Beware the Halo.

Here is a plant that definitely should wear a Halo. Erysimum cheirii 'Harpur Crewe' .

The double flowered form of the natural Wallflower. Cheery bright yellow flowers and what a lovely scent to it. Delicious old Wallflower scent that really raises the spirits.

It loves growing in really well drained places where the soil is not too rich. Poorer soil leads to a longer life of the plant. This plant is growing right on the edge of a tarmac drive where the edge is set on concrete, so the roots are in a very thin amount of soil, which it really thrives on.

Close up of the gorgeously scented double flowers.