Making Sense of Organic Foods
Just for fun, I signed up for Google Alerts on the topic of Organic Food, to see what's out there and what people are talking about online when it comes to my favorite topic: great organic gourmet food.
Seems like it's a hot topic -- with many opinions, and not a whole lot of fact.
Which may be one reason the whole thing is so confusing to so many people -- and why organic food enthusiasts, along with folks who just want to know what is healthy and what is not -- are sometimes tearing their hair out in frustration.
You've got mislabeling, misleading, and just plain lack of solid facts that are making it tough to find out the truth.
And I'll tell you what happens when people are confused -- they do NOTHING!
They default to their habits, and they do whatever is easiest in the moment.
Which is not a good thing for eating better foods, and a terrible thing for the organic food industry -- but it may just be exactly what the multinational corporations have in mind for Big Agribiz.
In the view of Big Business, why would it be a good thing if consumers stopped buying their products on the grocery shelves, in favor of home-cooked, locally grown food?
Of course now there are commercially prepared foods that are labeled organic -- a lot of vegetarian stuff that tastes decent (finally) -- and even more organically grown meats and produce.
But is that the best we can do?
I think not.
The real answer for many of our current health problems in the so-called developed countries, is to return to a more natural way of growing, preparing and eating our food. And in most cases that means a return to locally and organically grown foods.
Yes, we will still need to turn to a range of products at the grocers, but there are many steps we can each take to eat better and to live more sustainably in the process.
It starts with the choices you make every day, and in the way you think about what you are doing.
Start with something small, and build on that. For instance, several years ago I made the choice not to eat beef unless it was raised naturally and organically. That made a huge impact on my health (including a surprise benefit in my cholesterol levels), and now I have also started to turn more and more to other organic proteins rather than commercially prepared foods of any kind.
See, the thing that we all miss when we look at how "expensive" it is to buy organic foods, is the hidden price tag: our health.
Let me ask you a question: "Would you like to pay 50 cents more today, or $50K in ten years to heal what happened to your body as a result of what you put into it?"
That is a choice. I hope more and more people opt for a healthy, organic choice. It's the conscious thing to do -- and your body will be grateful, too.
You have to eat anyway -- why not switch to organic? It tastes so-o-o-o-o-o good, and it's so good for you!
Yours for extraordinary dining -- for everyone,
Nancy
Find great organic gourmet foods -- and gifts --here
Seems like it's a hot topic -- with many opinions, and not a whole lot of fact.
Which may be one reason the whole thing is so confusing to so many people -- and why organic food enthusiasts, along with folks who just want to know what is healthy and what is not -- are sometimes tearing their hair out in frustration.
You've got mislabeling, misleading, and just plain lack of solid facts that are making it tough to find out the truth.
And I'll tell you what happens when people are confused -- they do NOTHING!
They default to their habits, and they do whatever is easiest in the moment.
Which is not a good thing for eating better foods, and a terrible thing for the organic food industry -- but it may just be exactly what the multinational corporations have in mind for Big Agribiz.
In the view of Big Business, why would it be a good thing if consumers stopped buying their products on the grocery shelves, in favor of home-cooked, locally grown food?
Of course now there are commercially prepared foods that are labeled organic -- a lot of vegetarian stuff that tastes decent (finally) -- and even more organically grown meats and produce.
But is that the best we can do?
I think not.
The real answer for many of our current health problems in the so-called developed countries, is to return to a more natural way of growing, preparing and eating our food. And in most cases that means a return to locally and organically grown foods.
Yes, we will still need to turn to a range of products at the grocers, but there are many steps we can each take to eat better and to live more sustainably in the process.
It starts with the choices you make every day, and in the way you think about what you are doing.
Start with something small, and build on that. For instance, several years ago I made the choice not to eat beef unless it was raised naturally and organically. That made a huge impact on my health (including a surprise benefit in my cholesterol levels), and now I have also started to turn more and more to other organic proteins rather than commercially prepared foods of any kind.
See, the thing that we all miss when we look at how "expensive" it is to buy organic foods, is the hidden price tag: our health.
Let me ask you a question: "Would you like to pay 50 cents more today, or $50K in ten years to heal what happened to your body as a result of what you put into it?"
That is a choice. I hope more and more people opt for a healthy, organic choice. It's the conscious thing to do -- and your body will be grateful, too.
You have to eat anyway -- why not switch to organic? It tastes so-o-o-o-o-o good, and it's so good for you!
Yours for extraordinary dining -- for everyone,
Nancy
Find great organic gourmet foods -- and gifts --here
posted by Nancy at 12/01/2006 02:22:00 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home