Recent research from Stanford University and the subsequent headlines from Reuters, NBC News, the New York Times and other mass media outlets have it all wrong: Choosing to grow and eat organic foods has little to do with nutritional content. Humanity must increasingly turn to organic foods. If we don’t, we will damage our future food [...]
Organic Foods’ Overall Health Benefits Negligible
September 4, 2012 | Posted by
Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me? Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out — and concluded there’s little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics. Eating organic fruits and vegetables can lower [...]
When Eating Healthy Becomes Unhealthy
August 23, 2012 | Posted by
Filling your grocery cart with organic vegetables and whole grains is a smart way to personally combat the nation’s obesity epidemic. Yet for some people, a dedication to eating “right” can cross a line into a disorder called orthorexia. Alternative medicine physician Steven Bratman, M.D., himself an orthorexia sufferer, coined the term in 1997 to [...]
USDA: Urban Farmers Markets Becoming Increasingly Popular
August 5, 2012 | Posted by
Urban farmers markets across the US have become increasingly popular over the past few years and are now surging and expanding at unseen levels, according the the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA will announce Friday that the number of direct-sales markets has increased 9.6 per cent over the past year. “Farmers markets are [...]
How to Afford Healthy, Organic Foods
July 22, 2012 | Posted by
Organic Foods – In a world in which we are increasingly worried about the health of our families, the stability of our jobs, and all of life’s responsibilities, the simple act of trying to eat healthy often becomes a challenge. And with so many Americans food insecure and on food stamps, talking about organic foods—produced [...]
