Not only Ulyana Suprun debunking the myths about health. Fashion for the natural already crosses all boundaries, and even life becomes scary - so many around the dangers. But while each TV is screaming about the harm of GMOs, thousands of varieties of products obtained through breeding are quietly sold on supermarket shelves, which, as it turned out, contains much more pitfalls.

Experts decided to debunk the myths about natural food, cosmetics, toxins and toxins and answer the simple question: is it so damn devil as he is painted?.

Myth number 1. Organic food - a pledge of health Calls are only food grown on organic farms, heard from everywhere. Like, everything natural is certainly useful, but artificial is harmful, and in general there are only chemicals that cause irreparable harm to health and the body. It's funny, but it's true: food is really 100% chemistry, but not always completely natural product is safe for health.

In nature, there are many substances that are real weapons of plants: for example, cranberries should have been banned for a long time because of the overshooting content of preservatives, and almonds and apricots contain cyanide poison. Much more important is how these substances affect (or rather, do not affect, except in cases of allergic reactions) on the human body, because the harm, including the dose,. It is not known what will prove more harmful: drink 3 liters of cola or eat 3 kg of cranberries.

Studies have shown that the label "organic" does not mean that food was grown without the use of pesticides. Moreover, the World Health Organization (WHO) notes that none of the pesticides permitted in international trade is harmful to people's health, except for the employees of farms that are exposed to a high percentage of their exposure.

In addition, such food contains more bacteria, which is not surprising, because animals do not take medicine and eat anything. Fighters for the environment also need to think about: organic farms produce less products, which means that harmful emissions are higher in terms of unit of grown production. The choice remains for the consumer, but there is no guarantee that food from the organic farm will be more useful than grown on a conventional farm.

Myth number 2. Natural cosmetics - the best choice for your skin So, the natural origin does not mean complete safety - we found it out. With the skin everything is exactly the same as with the food, moreover, if the cosmetics are certified, then no matter how artificial the ingredients are in it, it will be safe - the producers have not the slightest interest in harassing their customers. But it will suit you personally or cause irritation - this is another question.

Plant components are not as stable as artificially synthesized, they are more difficult and expensive to mine. They can behave unpredictably on the skin and cause an allergic reaction - some more, and some less. As, however, and any synthetic component, if it simply does not suit you.

Benefits or harms also depend on concentration, drug formula and a variety of other factors. Once upon a time women washed their faces with powder with a high content of lead, it's a pity, indeed, from such beauty procedures many noble ladies almost fell off their faces. In modern lipsticks, lead is also added, but there it is in such a minimum concentration that it would have to eat at once 30 thousand. tubes to poison yourself.

So judge for yourself, after all, if the remedy suits you and does not cause censure, what's the difference what the manufacturer promised on the packaging.

Myth number 3. GMO is dangerous for health Suppose agronomists are to bring out a new grade of frost-resistant strawberries. For this, it is subjected to breeding. It can be of different types, but among other things there is also a way of exposure to poisonous substances, after which it is possible to choose from the resulting mutants the most suitable. Such a strawberry can subsequently be with an increased content of certain substances, because the way to get a new variety, to put it mildly, is not too elegant.

Gene modification, unlike breeding, is highly technological and allows changing a specific gene. The fears surrounding GMOs are incredibly inflated, and over the decades of this technology, no adverse health effects have been detected.

Moreover, the active introduction of genetic engineering would help enrich the food with the necessary nutritional elements and provide them with poor countries. For example, "golden rice", which is enriched with vitamin A and could save millions of people from blindness if they allowed it to be used earlier. In fact, scientists have to prove to the public the safety of their developments over the years, publish an endless number of scientific articles on the safety of GMOs, in the tenth round, test the resulting crops and plants.

Of course, GMOs are required to pass control, but panic, ignorance, fictitious conspiracy theories and prohibiting laws only fuel the situation and do not allow science to develop.

Myth number 4. It is necessary to get rid of toxins and toxins. Whoever has not heard about toxins and wastes, he hardly lived in the XXI century. In fact, if you try to find the term "slagging" on the WHO website, it is unlikely to be found - it simply does not exist.

Toxins and slags do exist, but not under the same sauce as they are used to give us: they are formed in case of kidney problems, infectious diseases and intoxications. In a healthy body, they simply do not exist, and if "cleaning" is really needed, then much more severe methods will be used than smoothies. The body of a healthy person is able to get rid of unnecessary substances on its own, and no special detox procedures are required for this.

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