Grow your own food using organic principles.
This will help you to avoid eating produce that has been covered with chemicals. Many of these chemicals have shown to be potentially harmful to the body and brain.
In a study of nearly 700 adults with or without brain tumors, French researchers found that agricultural workers with the highest level of exposure to pesticides were twice as likely to be diagnosed with brain cancer as those with no occupational pesticide exposure.
Pesticides are also damaging to the environment.
A lot of people think washing their produce before consumption is enough to eliminate risk. However, most Americans ingest a fair amount of pesticides each year. However, it is not the case that washing produce eliminates risk.
Another extremely compelling reason to think about growing your own, if you are able to do so, is the fact that gardening is so good for you. When you spend some time getting green-fingered, not only do you get ore vitamin D just from being outdoors but it is thought that the minerals in the soil may be good for gut health and the immune system, and that’s just scratching the surface.
If you take a look at the infographic below, you will see that gardening s a health and wellness wonder. It can boost mood, lower stress levels, and improve your cardiovascular health amongst other things, as you will see, so keep reading to see why growing your own really could be the health boost you’ve been looking for.
Infographic created by: Trim That Weed
When you can buy just about anything you want at the grocery store, why should you bother growing your own fruits, vegetables, and herbs? There are numerous health benefits to doing so, that’s why.
Have you ever grown your own food?
Please share your experience below.
Naturally Yours,
Elise Ho, Ph.D., D.N.Psy
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28 thoughts on “Grow Your Own Food & Protect Your Brain”
I did try for awhile but the critters kept beating me to the scores. We were very rural at the time.
Ahh, that must have been frustrating. We had a racoon that would take our pears.
I have always wanted to grow my own vegetables at home! And one day I’ll finally plant that first seed!
Mum, that will be just wonderful. I have learned much about planting in the recent two years and am confident that you can too.
I have been growing my own food ever since the pandemic started. I have Herbs, Green Vegetables , Strawberries and Grapes. Its much fun and fulfilling when you consume your own produce especially that you know how it was grown.
May I come to your house? Seriously though, it sounds as if you have a wonderful garden.
We have a veggie garden adn we love growing our own food.
That is awesome. Please feel free to share tips.
I love that infographic! My father had a huge garden several times the I was a child. We have fruit trees and have tried to grow our own container garden. The raccoons liked my container garden a lot LOL We are going to try to create a garden again!
Great post!
Ahhh.. that sounds fun but a little unsatisfying since the racoons stole your produce. I had racoons that used to steal my fish 🙁
This is all such useful information! I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing this with your readers.
You are very welcome.
Yes, I have….right from when I was little. I enjoyed growing my own corn! And now, I am more into the green vegetables, tomatoes and lettuce!
How wonderful. When I was little I grew strawberries but I had to fight the bunnies for them.
Gardening is a great way to relax but it’s nice to know that it has many health benefits. I dream of having my own backyard farm, maybe when I finally buy my own house.
Ivan, that sounds lovely. I hope that you will be able to get it sooner rather than later.
Pesticides yikes! I’d love to have homegrown vegetables and fruits as well. Health benefits asides, gardening really does do wonders for physical and mental wellness too.
They absolutely do, Leanne. The more we can avoid processed and pesticides the healthier we will be.
Homegrown food is always best! And a mixture of different colors of foods better ensures you are getting a wide range of nutrients.
Yes, absolutely. Tate the rainbow 🙂
I would love to grow my own food. I’m a horrendous gardener though.
I thought that of myself too. It turns out that I am better than I thought and I believe that you can be too.
Such a great article.I love planting so much.This article inspired me more.Thanks for sharing with us
You are so very welcome.
This is just one of the reasons that I love growing my own produce. It’s healthier. It’s safer. It also tastes better.
That is always encouraging to hear. What were your first homegrown produce choices?
Wow, this post is one I needed more than ever! I have beeb on the fence about making my own edible garden but discouraged because the times I have tried before failed. But I didn’t do enough research before starting and didn’t keep up with it as much. I love the idea of being close to my food source and being able to control what goes into the soil is so huge! I’m going to bookmark this post and come back to it for reference. Do you have any advice on how to get started?
Hannah, thank you. I am so happy to hear of the value you received. I would definitely suggest starting with herbs in a limited area. They are amongst the easiest to grow.