Organic does not mean Healthy!
Organic does not mean healthier, this is a sad misconception. Many people somehow associate the term organic with weight loss or something else along those lines.
While I do not typically walk around publicizing my organic lifestyle choice it does come up in conversations from time to time. If I had one dollar for every person who learned about my organic lifestyle and then asked, "does organic food have less calories?" I could probably quit one of my jobs!
The answer is no, organic does not have fewer calories, in fact a lot of organic options actually have more calories. A friend and I were recently comparing the nutritional labels on organic and non-organic ice cream, noticing there was more calories as well as fat in the organic option.
The reason there are more calories etc. in organic food options is due to the fact they do not substitute any ingredients with harmful chemicals. Which in turn regardless of the amount of calories, fat, etc. makes organic the better choice. Do not be fooled by labels though, like the one on the oreos above, Just because the label says organic, unhealthy processed oreos are NOT healthy no matter what you try to convince yourself of.
Often times when people are trying to lose weight, they immediately go to packaged food that says, "fat free", "low fat", "sugar free" among others. Foods labeled like this are the absolute WORST things you can purchase and put in your body. Think about this, if they took out the fat, sugar, etc. what did they replace it with? The fat is often replaced by sugar, not even pure cane sugar, GMO sugar made from sugar beets, sugar is replaced by aspartame and many other harmful chemicals. Rule of thumb is, if it has more than 5 ingredients and/or you can not pronounce the ingredients do not put it in your body. Allowing these chemicals in your body has many side effects including: dry skin, eczema, depression, low energy, miscarriage, learning impairments and so on.
Regardless of the caloric and fat intake, organic is still the smarter choice, just do not be fooled by "organic oreos", "organic coke a cola" and other products like this. These are giant money hungry corporations who, due to laws or lack there of are able to put whatever they want on their labels in order to make a profit. I can tell you from personal experience, despite the calories and fat, when I went organic a year and a half ago, I still lost weight.
Think about it, be smart in your decisions and remember that there are way too many people counting calories and not enough people counting chemicals! There are no short cuts and nothing will ever replace healthy eating and exercise. Many diets and fad diets end in eating disorders. just make the right decision, and EAT REAL FOOD!!
