Our biggest health problem today is that we are not getting enough nutrients from our food. We eat fewer nutrient rich foods like well grown leafy greens and vegetables than previous generations, and except for organically grown produce, today's foods contain fewer nutrients than the foods that our parents ate. For example, it takes 3 to 4 non-organic apples today to get the same nutritional value as a single apple harvested in 1950.

This nutritional deficiency impairs our bodies ability to function properly. It results in weak arterial walls and heart disease and weak immune systems and cancers -- but nutrient deficiency weakens every part of our bodies right down to the cellular level and is the underlying cause of many health problems.

Although most people think the main advantage of organic produce is the lack of pesticides, an even more important reason for eating organic today is the greater nutritional value of organic produce -- especially its' greater phytonutrient levels.