Five years ago I though that benefits of organic food were certainly overrated. Honestly, I didn’t even know what organic food was. I grew up in Eastern Europe where everything was natural and organic and when I moved to this country I didn’t really pay attention to labels. If food is sold at the store it must be safe, right? Right. That’s what I though.

I kept eating “normal” food for awhile and then I noticed that I gained lots of weight. No, I didn’t eat fast food and I wasn’t overeating. I still ate my veggies and fruits and I never really developed loved and devotion to junk-food.

Then I started having stomach cramps and some other symptoms I would rather not talk about. I went to doctors, but they couldn’t find anything, so I just sucked it up and moved on with life.

Then we had a baby. When he was 2 months old he who was diagnosed with a number of severe allergies. Nobody in my family or more spouses family ever had any of these. As a matter of fact, my friends, who still live overseas never heard of food allergies either. “How can someone be allergic to wheat?” They would say. “Are you sure you got it right?”

I started doing a research and was shocked to see how many children in the US are suffering with allergies, some of which are life threatening. The scariest thing is that the number of children who are allergic keeps growing and the doctors (medical doctors I should say) can’t explain it and can’t cure it.

After spending countless hours doing research I started understanding all the benefits of organic food. I made it my priority to always buy natural and organic products. Needless to say my weight returned to normal, my stomach doesn’t bother me anymore and I feel great. We also found NAET – a natural way to treat allergies (here is my NAET testimony)

Despite the popular belief, you don’t have to be a millionaire to buy organic products. Well, I have yet to find cheap organic clothing, but I found plenty of ways to buy organic food on a budget.

The benefits of organic foods are not overrated in the slightest.