10-26-2009, 03:18 PM
My wife's doctor has been telling us it would be better for our kids (girls in particular) to eliminate foods with hormones added. So we have decided to give it a try. I have a lot of inflammation in my body and I'm hoping it might help with that as well. Here are my observations from the grocery store and some questions.
I'll start by asking a non-organic question. How important is it to eliminate food packaged in plastics? I've read a few articles that say the plastic leaches into the food and causes unknown problems. It is pretty hard to get away from using plastic baggies or plastic wrap, I'm not sure it is practical. Especially when it comes to freezing foods. So how important is it to eliminate food packaged in plastic?
I checked on the syrup (kids eat it every day) and could only find pure maple syrup in glass, no reduced sugar types, and it was about double the cost of any other syrup. I then looked for organic syrup and that tripled the cost to $15/bottle. Yikes!
I was amazed to learn about some foods that have preservatives in them, such as rice. I would have never guessed that rice would need preservatives! The cost of organic wasn't bad so I bought some jasmine rice.
I like to eat nuts for a snack at work. I've always read that nuts didn't need much in the way of pesticides but I may be wrong. What do you think, organic nuts or just regular nuts?
I did buy the organic milk which the kids drink almost every day. I looked at the organic cheeses but they didn't look too good so I'm sticking with regular cheese for now. The butter was absolutely atrocious in the pricing, about $7 for two-four sticks. That's pretty expensive but we don't eat a lot of butter, I may do it but I need a butter dish first.
I did pull out the bread maker (we discussed last week) and bought ingredients for it. Made a loaf of bread last night and it turned out real nice. Had a slice for breakfast along with locally made honey, watermelon and grapes. I normally eat a high fiber english muffin for breakfast, what is the best way to introduce high fiber to the bread I make at home?
I saw the organic eggs and I will buy those when I run out of the eggs I have now. I'm prepared to go organic but I'm not going to waste food to get there. I'll just start replacing things as I run out.
I saw some organic breakfast bars. The pictures on the box looked great. Anybody tried these? They were the kashi brand.
My wife had already switched to chicken without hormones so I feel good about that. Not sure if we can do that for beef or not, I've never seen a sign in the meat department. Might have to ask.
Ok, this is a fairly long and rambling email so I will wrap it up. Give me your thoughts on the benefits of organic foods, what I can expect in the way of health benefits, and any thoughts or tips you might have. Thank you.
oh, and if you have a favorite website for discussing organic foods please point me to it.
I'll start by asking a non-organic question. How important is it to eliminate food packaged in plastics? I've read a few articles that say the plastic leaches into the food and causes unknown problems. It is pretty hard to get away from using plastic baggies or plastic wrap, I'm not sure it is practical. Especially when it comes to freezing foods. So how important is it to eliminate food packaged in plastic?
I checked on the syrup (kids eat it every day) and could only find pure maple syrup in glass, no reduced sugar types, and it was about double the cost of any other syrup. I then looked for organic syrup and that tripled the cost to $15/bottle. Yikes!
I was amazed to learn about some foods that have preservatives in them, such as rice. I would have never guessed that rice would need preservatives! The cost of organic wasn't bad so I bought some jasmine rice.
I like to eat nuts for a snack at work. I've always read that nuts didn't need much in the way of pesticides but I may be wrong. What do you think, organic nuts or just regular nuts?
I did buy the organic milk which the kids drink almost every day. I looked at the organic cheeses but they didn't look too good so I'm sticking with regular cheese for now. The butter was absolutely atrocious in the pricing, about $7 for two-four sticks. That's pretty expensive but we don't eat a lot of butter, I may do it but I need a butter dish first.
I did pull out the bread maker (we discussed last week) and bought ingredients for it. Made a loaf of bread last night and it turned out real nice. Had a slice for breakfast along with locally made honey, watermelon and grapes. I normally eat a high fiber english muffin for breakfast, what is the best way to introduce high fiber to the bread I make at home?
I saw the organic eggs and I will buy those when I run out of the eggs I have now. I'm prepared to go organic but I'm not going to waste food to get there. I'll just start replacing things as I run out.
I saw some organic breakfast bars. The pictures on the box looked great. Anybody tried these? They were the kashi brand.
My wife had already switched to chicken without hormones so I feel good about that. Not sure if we can do that for beef or not, I've never seen a sign in the meat department. Might have to ask.
Ok, this is a fairly long and rambling email so I will wrap it up. Give me your thoughts on the benefits of organic foods, what I can expect in the way of health benefits, and any thoughts or tips you might have. Thank you.
oh, and if you have a favorite website for discussing organic foods please point me to it.