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By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:40 +0000

I’m concerned with the growth hormones put in milk since we have two young girls. Right now I buy milk that the producer doesn’t use “artificial” growth hormone in. If I were to contemplate the issue more I’m sure I would wholeheartedly switch to organic milk. We aren’t huge processed food eaters but I’ll admit to buying the goldfish because they are a good car snack. (They are expensive though).

What also concerns me is the cost of organic and healthy foods. It’s hard for my cheap mind to balance the cost versus the possible risks, especially when I haven’t witnessed any side effects directly related to what we’re eating. The good thing though is that “they” also say a restricted calorie diet is better in the long run than eating a lot of food. SO, if I buy organic and we eat 75% less of what we’re eating now it will all balance out in the end and we’ll still be healthier.

Thank you for bringing this to my mind again. I think about it every once in a while but then other things get in the way. I’ve become more aware of what we eat because of all the couponing that I do now and I would love to eat healthier and still save money.

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By: rimarama

rimarama — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:59 +0000

I have seen more and more people posting about the direct, obvious correlation between food coloring/additives and their kids' behavior. It seems so obvious when you think about it, but I think that many of us have been operating under the false assumption that the FDA wouldn't let us eat things that are literally poisonous. It's an eye opener. We've been avoiding most of the processed stuff for a few years now, but I've only recently become aware of how many products have food coloring in them (for example - yogurt. Ack!) rimarama's last blog post..David Smith Must Never Find Out Where I Live

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:17 +0000

I love that you are writing about this!

We get our fare share of sugars and fats — but there are very few processed foods in our house. It’s been that way for more than 10 years (5 of which we were also vegetarian). Whole food — no low fat food, not low or high or rich or not rich or whatever — foods are what is important. We started doing these things largely because many of the articles we read in my epidemiology courses were about toxicity in chemicals and hormones, especially regarding our food and water. The FDA is too small and underfunded to test things themselves — they rely on the companies that make them to show that they are safe… which is why we have things that are unsafe readily available in our environments.

Obesity isn’t about fatty foods necessarily. It’s about processed food, toxic foods, detachment from whole food, and the class, expense, and availability issues that all go into that equation. For us to “fix” obesity, we have to unravel all of the complex things that put us there in the first place. It takes a heck of a lot of effort to eat well… even for us, with a Whole Foods 100 steps away and a paycheck that can stretch to accommodate it.

Anyway. Great post!

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