Organic foods are good for you because they are free of many added chemicals and hormones that conventionally grown foods receive as part of the growth cycle. However, it can add up at the cash register to try and keep yourself healthier by eating organic foods. To help you make your decisions in an informed way, here are some simple tips to identify the best choices and stay within budget.
2. How many times have
you thought?
“Organic foods are too
expensive; I can't afford to
go organic"
3. To help you make your
decisions in an informed
way, here are some simple tips
to identify the best choices and
stay within budget.
4. Understand why organic
foods are important on
your diet.
Organic foods are grown with no or fewer
chemical or hormonal additives in their
growth cycle than conventionally grown
produce and meat. This means that laws on
organic labelling in many places ban the use
of a wide array of pesticides, fungicides,
herbicides, hormone treatments, antibiotics
etc.
5. Choose the crucial dozen
organic foods.
Beef, chicken and pork
Dairy products: Milk, cheese and butter
Strawberries, raspberries and cherries
Bananas
Apples and pears
Tomatoes
Spinach and salad greens
Coffee
Potatoes
Grapes
Celery
6. Eat variety.
The more that you vary your diet
within seasonal constraints, there is
a higher likelihood that you will
have less exposure to a build-up of
one type of chemical residues.