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.

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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.

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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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That's my nutrition update for today :)

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?