Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Nutrition and related information...
I recently started reading about nutrition and such and discovered quite a few shocking facts, some of which I summarized here.
The information below is basically to help (or try to help) you decide if you really need to buy organic food:
1. Organic milk - a 1 gallon milk carton costs approximately double that of regular milk.
Is it worth the switch? Yes.
Why? You can look at the Horizon Organic website for starters...
Feel good factor - At least these cows get to see the light of the day and feed on grass as they are supposed to.
2. Organic vegetables - costs vary, organic peppers for example cost almost three times more than conventionally grown pepper.
Is it worth the switch? For some vegetables and most fruits, yes.
EWG has a list of vegetables/fruits that they have found to contain the highest pesticide content, the lower you go in the list, the safer it is to buy conventional vegetables/fruits.
3. If you are an ovo-vegetarian, what about organic eggs? Well, I don't really know the cost difference because I don't buy eggs.
Is it worth the switch? Absolutely, yes.
And this is why.
And being a South-Indian, rice forms a major part of my diet, so recently convinced myself to switch to brown rice (so also for bread), I add turmeric and mix it with rice and water before cooking - the yellow color of the rice makes it look much more appetizing than the brown :)
Edited: Interestingly, Horizon organic itself seems to be in trouble for not maintaining standards. Time to search for another organic dairy provider, I guess...Organic Valley maybe?
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The information below is basically to help (or try to help) you decide if you really need to buy organic food:
1. Organic milk - a 1 gallon milk carton costs approximately double that of regular milk.
Is it worth the switch? Yes.
Why? You can look at the Horizon Organic website for starters...
Feel good factor - At least these cows get to see the light of the day and feed on grass as they are supposed to.
2. Organic vegetables - costs vary, organic peppers for example cost almost three times more than conventionally grown pepper.
Is it worth the switch? For some vegetables and most fruits, yes.
EWG has a list of vegetables/fruits that they have found to contain the highest pesticide content, the lower you go in the list, the safer it is to buy conventional vegetables/fruits.
3. If you are an ovo-vegetarian, what about organic eggs? Well, I don't really know the cost difference because I don't buy eggs.
Is it worth the switch? Absolutely, yes.
And this is why.
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And being a South-Indian, rice forms a major part of my diet, so recently convinced myself to switch to brown rice (so also for bread), I add turmeric and mix it with rice and water before cooking - the yellow color of the rice makes it look much more appetizing than the brown :)
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Some info about genetically modified food.*** *** ***
That's my nutrition update for today :)Stainless-steel rocks! Think twice before you buy non-stick (Teflon) cookware and think even more before using it, if it has cracks etc.
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Edited: Interestingly, Horizon organic itself seems to be in trouble for not maintaining standards. Time to search for another organic dairy provider, I guess...Organic Valley maybe?
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