Organic vs Non Organic is it worth the money?

Organic seems to be the fashionable thing to do at the moment in regards to your health.

It’s easy to send yourself broke getting caught up in the hype, leaving you to go in the completely opposite direction and never buy organic again.

Recent studies have shown that there is no difference in the amount of nutrition you get with an organic vegetable vs a non organic vegetable, leading many to believe there is no point going organic. 

 For a farmer to produce a large amount of produce they use chemicals to

• Assist crop to grow faster
• Brighten colour of food to be more attractive on supermarket shelves
• Protect against insects

The residue is left on the foods that you and I will eventually eat. Yuk right?

The scary thing is though, while the nutrition isn’t altered, what ELSE is in the vegetable could be incredibly dangerous to your health. Australia does NOT have to prove that any pesticide is not hazardous to your health like it does in Europe. Seventeen pesticides on the Australia's pesticide list  are either known to be or are most likely to cause cancer.

Do we even know what is in these sprays? Probably not. But chances are that if you delve into their chemical make up you would be horrified.  So how do  you limit chemical exposure on your food?

• Buy organic where possible
• Grown your own veggies and use home made natural remedies against pests
• Remove the peels on all non organic fruit and veg ( which is a shame as majority of nutrition is directly under the skin)
• Wash all the fruit and veg thoroughly. You can now purchase special cleansers for this purpose.

While buying certified organic or growing your own is the safest way to avoid health issues from chemical it is not always practical. Often organic is a whole lot more expensive making it harder on the average person and is often limited to particular locations. 

One thing you can try to do it buy partial organic. This means, buy things organic that have a higher risk of interference.

Fruit and vegetables that have a thin skin such as celery, cucumber, broccoli and spinach should be purchased organic as it is much easier for the chemicals to be absorbed and therefor consumed. 

Buy your non organic fruit and vegetables that have a thick skin, things like citrus, whole melons and pumpkin are less likely to have leeched as much toxic pesticides through.