So you're at the store and you'ree looking for something quick and easy to eat, but you're
also trying to be health-conscious.
So instead of the regular 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 sandwich cookies.
Hmm cookies!
It's all organic so it's good for you, right?
Well, not always. You see, while forty five percent of americans think the
organic label means healthy or good,
organic really has nothing to do with how nutritious the food is for you.
Organic really just defines how the ingredients were created, prepared, or
raised.
Let me explain. Organic means that there aren't any genetically modified ingredients.
Also, organic means that no chemicals were used to kill bugs and weeds.
And that all pesticides are natural instead of synthetic. And organic means
nothing was fertilized with sewage sludge. Yeah, sewage sludge.
Organic also means that nothing was exposed to radiation, which some
manufactures use to sterilize food.
and
that no industrial solvents were used to clean things up. Also, organic means
there can be no chemical additives that some foods have to make them stay
fresh for an unnatural amount of time.
And if it's meats, that there's no routine use of antibiotics or hormones
pumped into the animals. And all this stuff
is really important, but notice organic doesn't necessarily mean that the
ingredients are nutritious.
So if you care about
healthy foods
it's more important to just eat the whole foods, mostly fruits and
vegetables
and avoid packaged-like substances. And yeah, that includes organic cheesy mac.
And here's a really big tip. If you can pronounce all the ingredients in a
package you're holding
then you're on the right track.
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Also we want to know in the comments what foods do you think are important to buy
organic. Which ones don't really matter?
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