If you are like me you walk through the produce section and see the organic area. Then you see the price and turn around and go back to the other section. Being healthy can have a price tag attached to it and does it really make a difference? One of my friends recently said, “If I ate all of the healthy organic stuff that I feed my kids I would be in great shape!” Another mom (half) jokingly said, “It’s just another way to make moms feel guilty when we don’t buy it.”
I found a great web site called FoodNews.org that has a “Shoppers Guide to Pesticides.” You can get a pdf document or even an iPhone application. This way you when you’re shopping you will have easy access to know which produce items you should spend the extra cents on and buy organic, and which fruits and vegetables aren’t really worth the extra expense.
They list the “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean 15″ as well as a full list of 47 Fruits & Veggies and where they rank in their pesticide safety. The worst? The peach and apple. Definitely buy organic on items like this that have thin skin, especially if it’s skin you are eating. The best? The onion and avocado.
If you are like me you walk through the produce section and see the organic area. Then you see the price and turn around and go back to the other section. Being healthy can have a price tag attached to it and does it really make a difference? One of my friends recently said, “If I ate all of the healthy organic stuff that I feed my kids I would be in great shape!” Another mom (half) jokingly said, “It’s just another way to make moms feel guilty when we don’t buy it.”
I found a great web site called FoodNews.org that has a “Shoppers Guide to Pesticides.” You can get a pdf document or even an iPhone application. This way you when you’re shopping you will have easy access to know which produce items you should spend the extra cents on and buy organic, and which fruits and vegetables aren’t really worth the extra expense.
They list the “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean 15″ as well as a full list of 47 Fruits & Veggies and where they rank in their pesticide safety. The worst? The peach and apple. Definitely buy organic on items like this that have thin skin, especially if it’s skin you are eating. The best? The onion and avocado.