By now, you have learned the importance of including more fruits and vegetables in your diet. You are choosing fresh or frozen p
roduce more often than canned to reduce your intake of sodium and other preservatives. You are steaming or stir-frying your vegetables to retain key nutrients and avoid adding too much solid fat during preparation. In the grocery store, you have seen the growing selection of organic products, including produce. Do they have health benefits that make them worth the extra cost?
Organic food is produced without the use of genetically modified organisms, artificial pesticides or chemical fertilizers. If animals, they are not given hormones to speed up their growth.
Due to these, organic produce contain less chemicals such as pesticides or growth hormones that can impact your health negatively. Also they are fresher as they have not been treated with any preservatives.
