Organic Foods

[NameDropper]

Damn...you act like everybody who doesn't eat red meat doesn't take a .

Well I don't know but I eat red meat and I'm as regular as they come.

[Mark in Austin]

HEB is in the process of rolling out the Central Market Organics label to their regular stores - it's a pretty broad list of products, and although more expensive, hasn't seemed that bad to me so far. In my experience, Horizon organic milk tastes creamier than the "regular" in the same fat content level - 1% organic tastes like 2% regular milk. There are also several brands of frozen dinners - Amy's and Cedar Lane - that are either organic or all natural. Check out the ingredients list on one of those vs. a Swansons or Lean Cuisine frozen meal. It is a pretty dramatic difference.

[SA210]

I do shopping at different places for organics. From Whole Foods, Sun Harvest to Cental Market and also now exploring companies online. I would say that my diet is about 90% organic now.

The taste is definitely better, and it is more expensive, but I think it's worth it. My daughter eats the same, and I'm currently debating on sending her to school with a sack lunch as well. For me personally, I haven't been sick at all since going on a small water fast and then switching to organic food. I have lots of energy and feel alot healthier than I have ever been. No doubt about it.

I get some of my fruits and vegatables from Whole Foods, mainly because I love their Roma tomatoes and lettuce. I'll get my milk from there, even an occasional natural soda, whole food supplements (instead of multi-vitamins), sandwich meat and other things like that. I get some ground meat and chicken from there. The steak and fish there are outrageously priced, so sometimes I get natural steak from Sun Harvest.

Sun Harvest, I usually like getting my little things, like gravy's, organic pasta sauces, organic orange juice (Wild Oats Organic, mmm), organic potatoes and bananas. A little cheaper than Whole Foods.

It takes some work to really learn about organic food and doing the shopping and a little more money and even an open mind, but I also think too many people assume it's like some weird health food that tastes nasty or something and don't really know too much about it.

One weakness of mine is seafood, so I'll still get fried fish at restaurants.

[Mark in Austin]

I'm learning Horizon, while qualifying as USDA organic, is really not close to the organic ideal as other brands. You can google stories about their organic milk mass production plants that heavily restrict cows grazing time in pasture land. I'm staying away from Horizon.

Organic fruit is something I try to get whenever possible - especially berries. Consumer Reports had a story on buying organic a couple months ago and recommended that berries are one of the more important foods to buy organically if at all possible. They have a tendancy to absorb more of the pesticides used in the fields as compared to other fruits ang veggies. They are so damn expensive though... I found a great way to do it: You can get flash frozen organic blackberries, respberrys, blueberrys and strawberries at Central Market for about the same price as regular fresh berries. I put the berries in a blender with a scoop of protein powder and some pomegranite juice - perfect for breakfast. (In fact I just finished drinking one as I type this.) I usually have it at least 4 or 5 times a week.

[ShoogarBear]

Organic foods are for s.

At last the voice of reason.

I didn't realize we had so many from the Birkenstock set in here.

[1369]

My kinda organics...

[leemajors]

My kinda organics...

nothing like fresh venison, so damn lean!

[tlongII]

For the most part, organic foods are a joke. If every crop in the world were grown "organically" starvation would be rampant. I don't believe people can tell the difference in taste either.

[SA210]

For the most part, organic foods are a joke. If every crop in the world were grown "organically" starvation would be rampant. I don't believe people can tell the difference in taste either.

It takes some work to really learn about organic food and doing the shopping and a little more money and even an open mind, but I also think too many people assume it's like some weird health food that tastes nasty or something and don't really know too much about it.

[tlongII]

It takes some work to really learn about organic food and doing the shopping and a little more money and even an open mind, but I also think too many people assume it's like some weird health food that tastes nasty or something and don't really know too much about it.

Read both the pros and the cons of organic foods. I don't think it's weird health food and i don't think it tastes nasty either.

[SA210]

Read both the pros and the cons of organic foods. I don't think it's weird health food and i don't think it tastes nasty either.

I have researched and learned the pros and cons and also the cons that many would like us to believe.

In no way is it a joke to want to have food in it's most natural state, free of radiation, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, genetically modified organisms and all the other nasty, unhealthy, unnatural, disease causing stuff that they poison our food with. Like I was saying, not too many people know about organics and it takes some work to learn about it.

We've been taught that what we eat is normal and ok, so it takes an open mind and desire to want to do the research on it and to try it out. Organic is better, way better.

[tlongII]

I have researched and learned the pros and cons and also the cons that many would like us to believe.

In no way is it a joke to want to have food in it's most natural state, free of radiation, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, genetically modified organisms and all the other nasty, unhealthy, unnatural, disease causing stuff that they poison our food with. Like I was saying, not too many people know about organics and it takes some work to learn about it.

We've been taught that what we eat is normal and ok, so it takes an open mind and desire to want to do the research on it and to try it out. Organic is better, way better.

Really? Have you read any independent health studies to back up your claims? The thing most people don't realize is that things like pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers are an absolute must in order to get crop yields sufficient to feed the world's hungry.

[johnsmith]

I have researched and learned the pros and cons and also the cons that many would like us to believe.

In no way is it a joke to want to have food in it's most natural state, free of radiation, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, genetically modified organisms and all the other nasty, unhealthy, unnatural, disease causing stuff that they poison our food with. Like I was saying, not too many people know about organics and it takes some work to learn about it.

We've been taught that what we eat is normal and ok, so it takes an open mind and desire to want to do the research on it and to try it out. Organic is better, way better.

Shut your bong hole you smelly hippie.

[PM5K]

I dont even worry about it.

Research is always showing that pretty much everything is bad for you, fish have mercury, starches cause cancer, and I'm sure there's more...

[CosmicCowboy]

Funny that a hundred years ago when everybody ate organic the average life span was half what it is now.

[tlongII]

Funny that a hundred years ago when everybody ate organic the average life span was half what it is now.

[Das Texan]

diverting a little bit away from organics, but on the subject of meat...


While much more expensive, buffalo meat is much better for you than beef. And at least to this point, are no slaughterhouses for buffalo, at least none that i am aware of at this time.


But regarding organics, they are much healthier for you, and when I can I try to eat them, simply because of the nutritional content.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Manny I can't believe you believe that stuff is actually regulated as well as they say it is.

[SA210]

Funny that a hundred years ago when everybody ate organic the average life span was half what it is now.

Life expectancy recovered somewhat in the Bronze Age but it is only in recent centuries (since 1800) that it has dramatically increased. These changes are the result of a combination of factors including nutrition and public health, and medicine only marginally. The most important single factor in the increase is the reduction in death in infancy. The greatest improvements have been made in the richest parts of the world.

Life expectancy increased dramatically in the 20th century, especially in developed nations. Life expectancy at birth in the United States in 1901 was 49 years. At the end of the century it was 77 years, an increase of 57%