Organic and Non-Organic Food for Healthy Life

 Nowadays almost everyone are more cautious about their health and  the food they consume or eat. I am always concerned that the food we eat is safe or not. Organic foods are the most healthiest and environment friendly. Organic food is grown in natural conditions without using any harmful chemicals or pesticides.  Use of chemicals and pesticides which is used nowadays (in non organic food), lead to lot of health problems for us when we consume those food.  Because of  growing demand of organic food and its awareness, now we  can find many stores having a separate aisle for organic food.

Whenever I go for shopping in the grocery store, I keep thinking when are we suppose to  go for organic and when it is okay to consume the regular(non organic) food.  While organic food is always safe and healthy to consume, it is expensive (sometimes 2 to 3 times the non organic food) at the same time which makes it impossible to consume only organic food.  So, I started researching to know when we should consume organic and when we should go the non organic way.  Some of the findings are given below:

.   Milk, Meat and egg is very essential to be considered for Organic food. Eggs can be brown or white. Both have the same benefit, except that  the brown egg are from brown colored chicken and white from the white colored chicken. 

.  It is not important for all fruits and vegetables to be organic. There are specific fruits and veggies which will not affect us even though they are grown with pesticides. But some fruits and veggies (those that are prone to absorb pesticides) should to be considered for organic produce. They do not have any outer layer to protect themselves from the pesticides.

Consider buying Organic for these Fruits and Vegetables :

• Strawberries
• Spinach
• Blueberries
• celery
• peaches
• nectarines
• sweet bell pepper(capsicum)
• cherries
• potatoes
• imported grapes
• lettuce

Those foods that has outer skin which is less prone to absorb the pesticides can be considered for non organic.

Non-organic fruits and vegetables safe to consume :

• Onions
• Bananas
• Cabbage
• Avocado
• Sweet corn
• Pineapple
• Mango
• Sweet peas
• Kiwi
• Eggplant (Brinjal)
• Watermelon
• Cantaloupe
• Sweet Potatoes

The bottom line is spend your money wisely by buying Organic only when it matters the most.  This way you can live healthy well within your monthly grocery budget.  Also, this helps in protecting our environment too.

Please let me know you comments or any additional information so that all can benefit.