There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the food we purchase at the grocery store, where it comes from and how it affects our ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Organic foods are all the rage these days, and people are throwing about phrases like “all natural,” “cage free,” “hormones,” etc.It’s enough to boggle even the most food-savvy mind.
Though mind boggling, these things can actually affect us in very real ways. Some of these factors can influence the way we metabolize our food. In addition, the “type” of food you are purchasing can affect the actual amount of nutrients in them. For example, a news report I caught the other day was touting the antioxidant powers of blueberries and also stated that if not purchased as organic, sometimes those antioxidants were nonexistent. And here I thought a blueberry was a blueberry! Who knew?
I’m just beginning to delve into the research about all these tricky concepts, and it is quite overwhelming. One thing is for sure: Many factors affect our ability to live a healthy lifestyle - diet, exercise routine, environmental factors, stress, sleep, etc. It’s important to take all of these things into consideration when delving into the organic, all natural, hormone free debate! Any one of these factors gets thrown off balance, and our path to a healthier life can be thrown off course.
I’ll keep you posted as I learn more, but in the meantime, tell me what you know about the new food debate.
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by Lindsay Eichelman
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