Organic eating

I attempt to eat as much organic foods as possible. I have been eating organic things for a while but have been putting in a lot more effort over the past few months. I often get into a "conversation" or debate if you will with people about eating organic. I being for organic foods and the other person being....against it for lack of a better word. The opponent usually says that everything is bad for you, their grandfather smoked, drank, ate red meat and fried food every day of their lives and lived to a standard normal age, and that eat organic food won't do them any good or bad for them. I disagree, and would like to live longer than the "standard" norm. Foods that are not organic... lets take apples for example are sprayed and treated with pesticides, chemicals, etc... to maintain their growth, avoid pest problems, etc.... YUM! Pesticides and chemicals! Does that sound like something that you WANT to eat and put into your body? The fact that organic food is available why would you NOT want to eat it? I am realistic and understand that there are reasons why people don't bother or want to eat organic.....convenience, price....hmmm that is all I can come up with for the other side of the argument.

Convenience- most all grocery stores that I have been in recently have a section with organic produce and a lot of stores with organic food in general.
Price-it is true that organic food costs more typically than non, as speak I am eating a honeycrisp (my fav apple) organic apple from WEGMAN's (post to follow) which cost me roughly a $1.00 for just that one BUT totally worth it. Apples are one of the worst food to eat NON organic. Here is a list of the most important foods to eat organic if you cant go completely organic.

There are also a lot more resources as far as coupons go for organic foods. Whole Foods has their own coupons and you can also use manufacturer coupons. Another store where you can get great food at good prices is Trader Joe's. I also mentioned Wegman's above too which is fabulous! Stay tuned for a post to follow devoted solely to this new fav of mine. Check my "Coupon Deals" page for coupons and good deals organic and otherwise.

Another cost effective way to eat organic is to grow your own food. This Summer my goal is to grow all my own veg and fruit and can, store and freeze it for the following Winter. Check out my plans for my garden. Organic gardening is not the same as regular gardening of course and again requires more effort, but worth it.


Organic eating brings me to my sub topic of organic products in general. Things like soap, shampoo, laundry detergent and other products are just the same as eating non organic food, they are filled with chemicals that do get into our bodies through our skin. My daughter has occasional patches of eczema and is extremely sensitive to almost all laundry soap, shampoo etc...
I recently discovered organic soap by LOVE YOUR BODY SOAPS and it is amazing! I never realized how harmful "soap" that we use everyday actually is for you. I know only use this soap on my daughter and make my own laundry soap using this soap for her and have seen drastic improvement in her skin. Definitely check into this soap, trust me you won't go back to using regular "soap" again.