Does any one eat Organic Foods?

**Maryann57** · 05-04-2009, 10:26 PM

Hello and welcome, I have been studying Organics now for over 4 years and I buy and eat Organic products all the time. I like to know how many others do this. Or do most people thnk it's a waste of time and money? I am a firm believer that if we all live an Organic life style we will live a longer and healthy life with our familes. Do you agree on this or disagree? Thank-you for your feed back.

**jas** · 05-04-2009, 10:33 PM

I agree! I can't always buy everything organic though. I do buy mostly organic or non hormone injected, grass fed beef, free range chicken. I don't eat much pork. I would if money were no object. Milk and eggs also I pretty much buy only organic. My dd loves almond milk.

**hotprincesscm** · 05-04-2009, 10:49 PM

I would love to buy all organic foods, but at this time it's just not in my budget....I try to buy some thing here and there...but I can't do all foods fully organic...some is better than none I guess! Hopefully sometime in the future...I'll grow my own organic foods or be able to buy them on a more regular basis.

**calimomx2** · 05-05-2009, 12:19 AM

I buy as much organic as our budget will allow!! I focus mainly on produce and dairy and if there is money left I pick up everything else I can!

**madhen** · 05-05-2009, 01:03 AM

I buy organic when I can find it. One exception is Half and Half. I have not yet found an organic Half and Half that is NOT ultra-pastuerized, and I don't like that taste. I eat very little meat, so primarily purchase organic produce and grains, or prepared foods (i.e, bread, canned veggie products, etc). I also strongly support buying local.

I don't necessarily think eating organic and local will lengthen my life, but I do think that an overall movement to eat organic and local will lengthen the life of our planet.

If you are not familiar with the "slow foods" movement, Google it. It is a great concept, and I try to follow its philosophy.

**Momto2Boyz** · 05-05-2009, 08:05 AM

We eat organic when we can. I don't purchase supermarket organics (becuase although they call them organic, they are still allowed to preserve them once they are packaged). We stay away from preservatives altogether, not just during growing & harvesting, but also during processing & shipping.

We are lucky enough to have a local greenhouse here that produces some produce year round. And although they don't claim to be organic (becuase then they would have to pay for certification, and they can't afford it), once I started asking questions, I found out that they do everything organically. So, I can get veggies there year round (not a ton, but some) and they also sell to our local food co-op, so I don't have to drive all the way out to the green house.

**mommy4ever** · 05-05-2009, 09:24 AM

I'm moving more and more toward this. With dh I meet resistance. He thinks it's a money grab, but does agree chemical free is better.

I am joining a coop that will bring a weeks worth of fruit and veggies of local organics to my door step! With a guarantee that if something is bad, then they will replace it with something else on the next delivery.

I'm not sure of the greenhouse effects of home delivery but it saves me an hour travelling each week to the organics store.

**suki** · 05-05-2009, 05:19 PM

I disagree.

I've eaten a mostly organic, very healthy diet most of my life. I still have Crohn's Disease... altering my diet doesn't cure it and the disease is taking years off my life. While diet is helpful, it is not the cure nor is it the solution to a long life.

**pollypurebred39** · 05-05-2009, 07:16 PM

I am positive that the healthier your enviroment, the healthier you eat the better you'll be for it. No ones body is perfect and one can only do their best, and treat what pops up in the most natural ways possible.

I've listened to nay sayers for years saying that we could not help our Autistic/TS son. That he would be in a group home, would never read or write, never amount to anything other then a tax payers burden. Well, they were wrong, an organic anti yeast diet & supplements, an organic/natural enviroment and well....No group home, No taxpayers burden, functions normally in school and with peers, is in Rangers, archery club, and works Sunday mornings in kid's church running the sound system, taking attendence, helping the little ones be still and quiet.he reads and writes well and in fact his kindergarten teacher (one of our most vocal opposers to our ways of medically treating our son) recently ran into him and his Grandmother in a store. She started talking with him and just kept saying, "I can't believe your normal. You should be in a group home" over and over again, all the while shaking her head in disbelief. People can say whatever they want, I'm postive that organic/natural is best.

The rest of the family can not eat organic-too expensive. But when our finances change you can bet we will all eat organic. What we do do now is eat natural REAL foods (NO FRANKEN FOODS), nothing added kind of stuff, no nitrates ect.