Organic or Non-Organic
Following up on a few comments left on some of my previous blogs about organic ingredients that I use in some of my healthy eating recipes, I decided to write about organic or non-organic.
For starters the main reason I use the organic ingredients is because of the nutritional facts. The main ingredients I watch are the sugar, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates and protein.
The above chart is a chart from https://nutrineat.com/organic-food-vs-non-organic-food that compares of the differences from Organic and Non- Organic.
Coconut
Organic coconut nutrition facts
Non-organic nutrition facts
One of the organic ingredients I use in baking and in my trail mix is coconut. While the fat content is higher on the organic coconut, the sodium and carbs are lower than in the non-organic.
Cocoa
Another ingredient I use for baking in organic cocoa powder. The main difference between the organic and non-organic in the cocoa is the sodium and carbs. There is less than 1g in the organic cocoa compared to 7g in the non-organic.
Before I started my healthy eating plan last July, I never read the nutrition facts, if it looked good, that was good enough for me. Now I spend more time ready labels when at the grocery store than shopping!
Thanks for the comments and questions that were left on previous blogs, because of them I had a new blog topic!
I find nutrition labels to be very helpful in letting me know what I am putting into my body. One quirk that I have is that i try to avoid eating foods with too many unpronounceable words on the label. If I can’t say it, maybe I shouldn’t eat it!!!
Oh I know what you mean there Alice! I too like to be able to pronounce what’s in the product! Thanks for visiting.
That chart is a fictional element, Martha. There ARE some truths to it, but consider but a few truisms it quotes that are simply wrong. (There is ZERO SCIENTIFIC data that organic food has ANY better food quality than non-organic food.)
When you dump manure on a farm- who makes sure that there are no harmful microbes in that manure. And, that they won’t find their way to the crops you think you are fertilizing. All crops- organic or not- lose nutrients when being processed. And, vitamin C? That would be present only on some crops- be they organic or not.
Thanks for your scientific input Roy. I do not follow any diet plan but like to watch my intake on sugar, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates and find that according the the nutritional facts on the packages, the organic ingredients I use have less of the amount. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Martha,
That is a very detailed list. I noticed that there is a variance in the number of grams in a tbsp. Of course, one is a measure of volume ant the other is a measure of weight meaning there must be a difference in density. Do your recipes use the weight or the volume?
I usually measure by volume however I do have a few recipes that I use my food scale for measuring volume Doug. I mainly like to watch my intake on sugar, cholesterol, sodium, and carbohydrates. For only being on my healthy eating plan for a year, I’m happy with my results. Thanks for stopping by.
I know what you mean about stopping to read the labels! My goal is to reduce the toxic load of what I ingest as much as possible, so whenever I can, I choose organic. But sometimes, Cost is prohibitive or as you said in your graphic, it’s harder to find what I want, or I have to go well out of my way. Great question to ask, these days. I’d like to dream of a future, for our descendants, where all farming is organic, and toxic products aren’t profitable.
I do find that the nutrition facts are better on organic and that’s my bottom line for sugar, cholesterol, sodium, and carbohydrates. I’m a learn as I go on everything for being on my healthy eating plan for just a year I’m happy with the results. Thanks for stopping by Jeanine!
This was an interesting article. Iām visually impaired and most of the time my screen reader says blank blank when going over photos. Not this time! You did a good job explaining the pictures. š
I”m so glad you were able to enjoy the article Amanda. Thanks for stopping by!