Choose Organic

Some foods, esp. processed foods, kill our hormone balance. Why? Our bodies don’t recognize them as foods! Yikes!

Let’s think about this for a second….Where do processed foods come from? Nature? NO, from factories. The more productive the factories, the more money the corporation makes. Therefore, corporations spend less on the food (buying cheap materials) and their profit margins go UP! That is addictive… kind of like the so called foods they’re creating for us to eat.

According to Jillian Michaels, our 21st-century diet is composed primarily of corn, soy, and wheat-whether or not we ever consciously recognize them on our plates. These crops have been subsidized for so long, and have become so inexpensive for food manufacturers, that they’re constantly trying to figure out new ways to use these cheap ingredients. You may think you’re about to eat a piece of lunch meat/bowl of soup/glass of juice, but it is really basically wheat, soy, or corn.

How do they do that? Well, food manufacturers take these three cheap ingredients and add millions of chemicals to make them have taste. It is an illusion of food. Toxic processed foods are messing with our hormones and health!

There are too many pesticides in our food…The Organic Consumers Organization reported that every year, the corn fed to animals and turned into other corn products is sprayed with 162 million pounds of chemical pesticides. We have no idea what’s going into our bodies and it shows!

Those are a few reasons why you should choose organic. People roll their eyes and say is the extra money really worth it? The better question to ask is what price do you put on your health?? According to Jillian Michaels, when you ask about the extra money for organics, how much do you think all those prescriptions for obesity-related diseases are going to cost? Lots! There are people who have lost their homes because of illness. Every dollar you put into prevention will save you thousands down the road in treatment.

I believe in moderation HOWEVER I do think it’s best to buy organic for the following items:
Apples, cherries, grapes, peaches, nectarines, pears, raspberries, strawberries, bell peppers, celery, potatoes, and spinach. This is because even after washing, these foods still carry higher levels of pesticide residue than others.

No reason to buy organic on the following foods: Bananas, broccoli, kiwi, cauliflower, mango, papaya, pineapples, asparagus, onions, avocado, corn and peas. This is because these products generally don’t contain pesticide residue on them.

I would at least CONSIDER going organic for milk, poultry and beef because they won’t contain hormones or antibiotics, though they will cost more. Don’t worry about buying organic fish because producers are making their own claims about why it’s organic.

I always buy organic eggs, milk, some meat, granola, peanut butter, condiments (ketchup, mustard), yogurt, and many more. When in doubt choose organic! It may save your life and pocket book down the road!

More to come!-Natalie