Better and Tastier

Monday Jul 14, 2008

The Department of Health and Human Services defers questions about organic foods to the Food and Drug Administration.  The FDA has no policy on organic products; it says they are the domain of The Department of Agriculture.  But its mandate is simply to regulate the use of the certified organic label.  The agencies entrusted with safeguarding the food and health pass the potato, a fast-growing body of scientific literature suggests the connection between farm practice and the healthfulness of the foods merit attention. Not to judge the relative benefits of organic product against the conventional food products.

Organic foods do not come out ahead, but they rise to the top often enough to suggest that organic farming can increase the nutrient density of the food that we put in our mouths.  Researchers of University of California at Davis found 10 years mean levels of quercetin were 79 percent higher in organic tomatoes than in conventional tomatoes.  Quercetin and kaempferol are flavonoids that studies suggest protect against cardiovascular disease, cancer and other ills.

Other Davis study compared organic and conventional kiwis found that all the mineral constituents were more concentrated in the organic kiwi fruits.  Also has higher ascorbic acid a precursor of vitamin C and total phenol content, resulting in higher antioxidant activity.   Study measured 1.5 times more carotenoids, associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in a Spanish study.  In Swiss researcher Lukas Rist found, mothers consuming at least 90 percent of their dairy and meat from organic sources having 36 percent higher level of rumenic acid in their milk. 

Based on a data collected by the Centers for Disease Control, “Thirty percent or more of the U.S. population ingests inadequate levels of magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin A, and all nutrients that we get from plants.” says Brian Hawley a senior researcher at the Worldwatch Institute.  These studies give hope that organic farming can reverse the nutrient decline of fruits and vegetables.


Healthy lifestyle

Thursday Jul 3, 2008

If you want to have a healthy lifestyle, one to be consideration should be eating organic food. Natural food process without chemicals or pesticide would seem like a no brainer.  Nowadays people have to make choices. Product at your local grocery store is much cheaper than that purchased at a health food store or organic food stores.
Many proponents of organic food are looking to buy foods that are produced locally to boost the local economy.  While some organic food producers share these ideals.
Organic products also have some problems; the organic foods have made it more difficult to find foods that are produced locally.  Production has necessitated the use of some ingredients that may not be available enough quantities in local.  Some so-called organic products those are not really safer.  Certain vegetables or fruits contain significant amounts of pesticides in their conventional grown.  Processed foods that claim to be with organic ingredients often contain inorganic ones.
The prices for organic foods are substantially. The payment is about from 10 percent more, twice as much for an organic product.  Producers of organic products tend to incur higher costs in an effort to keep the ingredients pure.  Determining an organic product is worth the cost, it is important to know as much about it.  People make mistake of assuming the organic food are equal.


Food Advantage

Wednesday Jun 25, 2008

          Some countries have a problem of childhood obesity, problem that cause of lack of exercise and eating the wrong food.  When children have their early experiences with food, they form an opinion by loving that particular food.  If they are given sweet food like chocolates, they will like chocolate, if they are having fruits like apples or oranges they will like apples or oranges.  The thing that parent or people have children can do to stop the problem of childhood obesity is to help kids to develop food preferences that are healthy and less fattening.

                The next thing people can do is to begin eliminating the additives and preservatives in food that contribute to childhood obesity and adult obesity as well.  Monosodium glutamate or MSG is the additive that also increases the tendency for obesity. There are many other food additives that are just as bad as MSG, the best way to  eliminate all prepackaged foods from a child’s diet is to substitute the junk foods like potato chips and organic food such as organic apples or organic vegetables.

                Eating organic food does not contain chemical flavor enhancers or preservatives, the toxins that are in the food that is produced by conventional means are also contributes to childhood obesity.  And organic food can help cure the obesity problem.


Organic Food tastes great

Friday May 16, 2008

Well balanced soils grow strong healthy plants that taste great. Try an organic orange or vine-ripened tomato for a sweet and juicy flavor treat. Eat a balance foods. Mostly people gain weight in adulthood, increasing their risk for high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, certain types of cancer, heart disease, arthritis, breathing problems, and other illness. Therefore, most adults should not gain weight.

Organic Food Researchers measured the effects of an organic, a conventional and an integrated apple production system on the sustainability indicators of horticultural performance, soil quality, orchard profitability, environmental quality and energy efficiency. Taste was measured three ways. Mechanical analysis on fruit firmness at harvest and after six months storage was higher for organic than its two competitors. The ratio of sugar content to acidity, an indication of sweetness, was higher among organic apples as well. These results were then confirmed by consumer taste tests.


Organic products meet stringent standards.

Friday May 16, 2008

Organic Foods/Products should be inspect or investigate so that you can rest assured that the product, its ingredients and the manufacturer have gone through a thorough investigation by QAI (Quality Assurance International). Organic certification is the public’s assurance that products have been grown and handled according to strict procedures without persistent toxic chemical inputs.