People who make a show of buying “organic” and “natural” but still eat junk.
My husband Mike and I eat very well. We buy a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and eat relatively little processed foods. We don’t eat much fast food at all. When we cook, our foods are usually grilled or steamed or pan-sauteed. We don’t fry.
We don’t go out of our way to buy organic. We don’t see the benefit. If the organic apples are on sale and they’re cheaper than the regular apples, we’ll buy organic. And since we do a lot of shopping in Trader Joe’s near our Phoenix place, we wind up buying organic there, since much of what they sell is organic. But it’s also cheap and tasty.
I’m pretty much in agreement with what Brian Dunning has said in his Skeptoid podcast about organic food myths and organic vs. conventional agriculture. (And if you don’t listen to Skeptoid, you should try it; it’s a great weekly dose of reality.)
That said, I still try not to put crap food in my body. But I’m not one of those people who talk the talk about good food and forget to walk the walk.
We have several friends and relatives who are what I call “natural food hypocrites.” They buy “organic” everything — no matter how bad it looks or tastes or how much it costs. When they come to our home, they expect us to buy and serve them organic, too. When we go out to dinner together, they question the source of the chicken or beef and make a big fuss about choosing something that’s free range or farm fed or whatever.
Unless it’s just not convenient for them. Or they feel like having a diet soda. Or want to cut 16 calories off their cup of coffee by using Sweet ‘N Low. Or the guy at the next table in the Mexican restaurant they didn’t want to step foot into just had the Chicken Enchilada and it smells good. Or that chocolate mousse log from the supermarket freezer section looks too damn tasty to pass up.
They’ll put us through hell when they come to visit, making us feel as if we’re not good hosts if we buy regular milk instead of organic while they’re with us, but pop open a Diet Coke to wash down their vitamins with lunch.
Natural food hypocrites.
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Your first paragraph describes my lifestyle also.
I appreciate your giving links to information that I can consider and explore.
Must admit I am an organic junkie:)) But I also believe in proper education regarding such things & do not have high regard for those who talk the talk but do not walk the walk. If going out unless you do proper research you must not expect everything to be as you want. In my case I know I have very little toxins in the body & if take any in from foods/air I am efficient enough (with a couple of supplements I take daily) to rid these before they can cause any harm. As for the diet coke, which usually has Aspartamine instead of sugar, is actually more fattening than regular coke plus the many proven negative health effects it causes. You might also warn them if they take vitamin C with any soft drink containing the preserative Sodium Benzoate (which 99% do) it creates a chemical reaction in the body & forms Benzine which is high carcinogenic. My 2 cents :)) Nice blog to by the way. Take care. Steven.