organic food: do you buy it?

Question

why or why not?

chef mark: this may be true, except for the fact that americans are definitely NOT the only people who buy organic.

Answer 1

it is healthier, but expensive.
i think it works, but the thing is that if only we changed habits instead of eating all the junk we eat.
if we eat healthy food only, it wouldn't have to be organic, so, with organic food we try to make up for all the bad things we eat, thinking that will make it better

Answer 2

I do buy organic when I can ... I am really into Chicken/meats that are organic...They use soo many steroids in meats nowadays that its enough to make a person sick..Also, really bad for your health...

As for the comment from Chef, Thats not true..If anything , the grocery markets /F.D.A and other such oganizations for health have advocated the mass production of chemical induced foods..

There is not a large percentage of people that actually buy whole /organic foods.. Possibly due to the cost.. Luckily where I live , there is a whole foods market and they sell nothing but organic..

My rule of thumb...If you can't say it , don't eat it...The label on most foods says it all...Look on the back of labels and try to say some of the ingredients listed ...

Rule 2 eat whole foods .. In other words , stay away from the middle isles in grocery stores... there are loaded foods with very few nutritional values..

The best foods are located on the outer areas of a grocery store. example.. fresh greens,meats,dairy ( also a problem with steroid use but a better version is available)etc...

If I could go completely organic , I would... What holds me back .. the cost... The solution ... Making my own garden :)

Hope this helps..

Answer 3

Oh yes.
When a commercially grown lettuce is chemically treated on average 17 times in its growth span I do.
Thankfully the availability of organic food is improving all the time and as consumers become more aware of the utter s*** the commercial food industry is putting out,demand for organic produce rises and prices for it are falling.
Apart from health factors.I buy organic food for other reasons.First it tastes far better without additives and artificial flavouring.Second it tends to be fresher.By definition organic food tends to be seasonal and I am more than happy to eat what is in season rather than factory processed all year round.
Thirdly and when you evaluate organic meats and poultry the organic method represents traditional animal husbandry-not barbaric conveyor belt systems where,for example 30% of all commercially raised chickens will die before reaching maturity with those surviving suffering ammonia induced burns from constant contact with their droppings and developing cannibalistic tendencies due to their obscene levels of overcrowding.
All food should be organic and the continual ingestion of non organic foods is,I believe ,a prominent factor in the high incidence of cancers in today's world

Answer 4

I buy some organic food, depending on whether I feel it makes a difference to the taste. Things that always seem to be better when they are organic ( IMO ) include potatoes and carrots, eggs, oats, meat ( esp chicken and pork ) and bread / flour.

That said, there are a lot of foods where I simply could not tell if they were organic or not so I dont buy them. Let's face it, going entirely organic is not cheap!

Answer 5

YES, YES and yes! We buy as much organic food as we can afford. Some grains, fruits and veggies absorb the toxic chemicals more, and we buy those ones organic. We also buy all our dairy organic and RAW, as commercial dairy is loaded with hormones and steriods, not to mention pastuerized and homogenised.

Answer 6

Absolutely not.

It's the latest fad that in reality saps your wallet more than it "feeds" your health.

Savvy marketers are preying upon the neurosis of the American health culture.

Answer 7

no, too expensive