At long last, another post!
I have been talking to so many people lately who are new to the world of organic products and/or one of my favorite shopping places - Whole Foods! (Don't get me started on the wonders and joys of that place - I may never stop!) What I have been handing out to people is this little shopping cheat sheet of the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen of the produce aisle. http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-214 You do not need to do an immediate overhaul of your diet yet you can reap immediate benefits with a small change or two.
My own family started with organic and natural products after we read about aluminum in deodorants causing breast cancer and Alzheimer's. http://naturalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/aluminum_in_deodorant This is especially so in women since so many of us shave. We are putting this toxin-containing product directly on sensitive skin. At the same time as we were learning this, I had just found out that I was pregnant with my now eight year old so I started drinking organic milk. One thing led to another and we started buying more and more organic products. Now, nearly nine years later, we eat a mostly organic diet. Is it more expensive than a non-organic (conventional) diet? Yes. However, this is a decision we made as a family that works for us. So, I will continue to drive my nineteen year old car and wear my sister-in-law's cast-offs (which is fine with me - I hate clothes shopping!) and be able to afford an organic life style for my family.
p.s. Once this was written, we started talking about how the prices at Whole Foods have stayed relatively steady over the past few years while the prices at our conventional grocery store, Publix, have been rising. The demand for natural and organic foods is rising, helping to keep the cost down. The more people that adopt this life style, the more the prices should, if not fall, at least not rise. Any little bit helps! Go for it!
I have been talking to so many people lately who are new to the world of organic products and/or one of my favorite shopping places - Whole Foods! (Don't get me started on the wonders and joys of that place - I may never stop!) What I have been handing out to people is this little shopping cheat sheet of the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen of the produce aisle. http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-214 You do not need to do an immediate overhaul of your diet yet you can reap immediate benefits with a small change or two.
My own family started with organic and natural products after we read about aluminum in deodorants causing breast cancer and Alzheimer's. http://naturalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/aluminum_in_deodorant This is especially so in women since so many of us shave. We are putting this toxin-containing product directly on sensitive skin. At the same time as we were learning this, I had just found out that I was pregnant with my now eight year old so I started drinking organic milk. One thing led to another and we started buying more and more organic products. Now, nearly nine years later, we eat a mostly organic diet. Is it more expensive than a non-organic (conventional) diet? Yes. However, this is a decision we made as a family that works for us. So, I will continue to drive my nineteen year old car and wear my sister-in-law's cast-offs (which is fine with me - I hate clothes shopping!) and be able to afford an organic life style for my family.
p.s. Once this was written, we started talking about how the prices at Whole Foods have stayed relatively steady over the past few years while the prices at our conventional grocery store, Publix, have been rising. The demand for natural and organic foods is rising, helping to keep the cost down. The more people that adopt this life style, the more the prices should, if not fall, at least not rise. Any little bit helps! Go for it!
Well, not to be a bear but it isn't demand which keeps prices down, but supply. Demand has the opposite affect. The higher the demand, the higher the price because more people want the same thing. Economics 101. I think the reason the prices have remained steady is that the supply has grown to keep pace with the demand, which may have been what Her Clamness meant.
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