After watching all the "latest and greatest" health food fads come and go, I have become skeptical about any pronouncement of the newest healthy thing on the market. When organic products came on the market, I pretty much dismissed them along with the rest. However, both my research dealing with my food issues, plus reading The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollen, changed my opinion. Consequently I am buying more and more organic products and finding the more I do, the better I do.
With the summer heat taking its toll on the local farmers, I am having to look more to the grocery store for my produce. The organic produce at my local grocery and Sprouts really leave a lot to be desired, so I made a trek to Whole Foods this past week. Comparatively it was like walking into an organic produce wonderland. They sure know how to do a beautiful display. Though they have the Whole Paycheck reputation, the produce isn't really higher than what I would be paying at the farmer's market, and I was surprised to find that some of their store-brand products were less than what I was paying elsewhere on sale. No complaints about that. While my diet is not excessively expensive, it is more costly than what it was before I began this journey, so any opportunity to spend a little less is a bonus. Looks like Whole Foods will become a regular shopping stop for me.
Summer fruit is the one thing I look forward to in the summer. I am doing fine with organic peaches and nectarines, but iffy with non-organic the cherries and the plums. I did fine, though, with the plum when I peeled it. (There is no way I am going to start peeling cherries.) Is the issue that they weren't organic or that they weren't peeled. Some organic plums will be the test. To peel or not to peel...that is the question.
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