Organic
A few years ago, Allison and I weren't really thrilled with how we were eating and how it impacted how we felt.
So we started eating more salads, more fruits and vegetables. More real food instead of processed. And noticed a difference.
We reached a plateau for a couple of years and are now in the process of taking the next step. We are more about making slow, incremental changes over time rather than major changes in one day.
For this next round, we are focusing on three areas. One, sugar intake. Two, chemical intake. Three, organic food.
We ran a survey this past weekend. We shop for groceries at two sister stores. The first is a discounted chain and the second is a little higher priced. We walked through both stores and wrote down the price of both organic and non-organic foods at each of the stores.
On average - we found that a fruit or vegetable costs about $0.75 to upgrade from non-organic to organic. Since we average 12 or so fruits and vegetables each week: our net add to go to organic will be $9 a week.
If that cost is too big, I would suggest only buying organic based on the Dirty Dozen List. These are the top 12 fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticide residue and therefore are the most important to buy organic. Buying four items on this list would add $3 to your trip and would be a small incremental change. :)
Happy, safe and healthy Friday to you my friend.
Organic
A few years ago, Allison and I weren't really thrilled with how we were eating and how it impacted how we felt.
So we started eating more salads, more fruits and vegetables. More real food instead of processed. And noticed a difference.
We reached a plateau for a couple of years and are now in the process of taking the next step. We are more about making slow, incremental changes over time rather than major changes in one day.
For this next round, we are focusing on three areas. One, sugar intake. Two, chemical intake. Three, organic food.
We ran a survey this past weekend. We shop for groceries at two sister stores. The first is a discounted chain and the second is a little higher priced. We walked through both stores and wrote down the price of both organic and non-organic foods at each of the stores.
On average - we found that a fruit or vegetable costs about $0.75 to upgrade from non-organic to organic. Since we average 12 or so fruits and vegetables each week: our net add to go to organic will be $9 a week.
If that cost is too big, I would suggest only buying organic based on the Dirty Dozen List. These are the top 12 fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticide residue and therefore are the most important to buy organic. Buying four items on this list would add $3 to your trip and would be a small incremental change. :)
Happy, safe and healthy Friday to you my friend.