Organic?

What is the definition of "ORGANIC"?

Do you really need to eat organic food?

How do you make sure the product is certified organic?

Picture adapted from internet

Quoted from the Year 2014 Chinese New Year movie <Golden Chickensss 金鸡2>, the moment the actor looked at the non-plastic surgery woman, he said: "So organic~" . I was laughing when I heard how he pronounced the word "Organic" in a sarcastic way.

Read an article from The Star last week about Organic Labels and Organic Certification. So, make sure you check out your product's certification before you decide to buy an overpriced brown rice, cereals, oats, muesli, fruits, vegetables and etc. 

Last two days, there was one almost 100 years old patient came in to see my boss for consultation advices on gastrointestinal. The patient is an educated businessman. Was asking if taking organic food is alright for him. When being asked the reason for taking organic food, he answered it is because...everyone says they are quite good. Then, he got a reply like this: Well, whether organic food is good or not, I am not too sure. But, generally they are overpriced. Whether you need to eat them or not, maybe you should ask yourself what have you been eating since 90+ years ago that keep you living until today? I just chuckled together with the patient after hearing this reply.

If a product is stated "100% Organic" (And of course, if it is 100% Organic, it cannot be a food product, it must be a real food aka single-ingredient-food). Talking about "100% Organic", here's a story to share with you all when I was at a volunteer diabetes discussion last Saturday. Heard a rather upsetting than shocking real incident from a participant whom has friend farming organic vegetables in [you-know-where-in-Malaysia]. He told us that his friend claimed that all his vegetables are organic with evidence of worm bites on edges of leaves. However, the truth is actually his friend rinsed off the pesticides on the vegetables, and then spread out some worms onto the vegetables on the night before the market starts. Alarming right, I always search for worm bites marks to ensure that there are less chemicals on vegetables.

Okay, it is not like I disagree with "Organic". It is just the trustworthy of farmers, good manufacturing practices of producers and prices of organic food, that make me think thrice before I buy. 

My advice is to take a few seeds and grow yourself some farms in the back yard of your house. hahaha.

What is a must-have in my dream house in the future? A "So organic~" Mini Farm  :p