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AdvantagesThe obvious advantage to adhering to a chemical-free diet is that you are reducing the amount of foreign substances being introduced to your body. Although not all food additives are harmful for you, removing chemicals from your diet now may prevent future health problems or side effects from occurring as more research is performed on the effects of both additives, pesticides and food industry chemicals in general. You can do this by purchasing fresh organic produce and sticking to meats and dairy products that are free-range and free of growth hormones.
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Growing PracticesThe way a food is raised or grown can also introduce chemicals into your body. For example, growth hormones or large levels of antibiotics are used by some food businesses to accelerate animal growth and to fight off diseases that can run rampant when animals are kept in large numbers within close quarters. For example, in cows, recombinant bovine growth hormone -- or rBGH -- may be used to increase the development of cows in order to harvest them sooner. Fresh, non-organic produce may also be affected by chemicals through the introduction of pesticides and insecticides. For example, the Food and Drug Administration lists the following chemicals that are often used during food production: organophosphate pesticides, carbamate pesticides and pyrethroid pesticides. Some of the most controversial insecticides, the so-called organochlorine insecticides, include chlordane and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT.
FunctionThe purpose of the chemical-free diet is to only consume foods that are as close to their natural form as possible. There are many ways in which you can follow this diet. For example, you may choose to only eat organic foods. You may take this a step further and only eat raw foods. Packaged foods create another layer to this diet, which involves removing foods with preservatives, or other chemicals used for flavoring or increasing a food's shelf life. In general, a chemical-free diet favors fresh foods that are free from additives and were not grown or raised using chemicals such as pesticides or hormones.
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