Lesson:What is organic food?/ExerciseL1

Listening Exercise

Watch the video and complete the text according to what you can understand.

So you're at the and you're looking for something quick and easy to eat. But you're also trying to be health conscious. So, instead of the cheesy mac, you go for the organic stuff. Instead of regular chicken nuggets you grab some organic chicken nuggets, then top it off with some organic cookies. Hmmm, cookies. It's all organic, so it's good for you, right? Well, not always. You see, forty-five percent of Americans think the organic label means or good, organic really has nothing to do with how the food is for you. Organic really just how the ingredients were created, prepared or raised. Let me . Organic means that there aren't any genetically ingredients. Also, organic means that no chemicals were used to bugs and weeds and that all pesticides are instead of synthetic. And, organic means nothing was fertilized with sewage sludge - yeah sewage sludge. Organic also that nothing was exposed to radiation which some do to sterilize food and that no industrial solvents used to clean things up. Also, organic means can be no chemical food additives that some foods have to make them stay for an unnatural amount of time. And, if it's meat that there's no use of antibiotics or hormones pumped into the animals. And all this stuff is really , but, notice, organic doesn't necessarily mean that the ingredients are nutritious. So, if you about healthy foods, it's more important to just eat whole foods, fruits and vegetables, and avoid package like substances, and yeah, that organic cheesy and mac. And here is a really big tip, if you can all the ingredients in the package you're holding, then you're on the track.