We continue to be encouraged by health and wellness organizations to live our best lives with a healthy lifestyle and are educated about the importance of natural and organic foods. For me, eating organically means that I get to enjoy the freshest foods from the farmers market, the food tastes better, and I’m supporting a sustainable environment. Win – win!
And I thought I’d point out how our nation defines organic:
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “organic” seal certifies foods grown free of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, growth hormones and genetically-engineered substances.
Let’s celebrate the organic goodness with Men’s Health list of: The 20 Best Organic Foods -
According to new studies, eating organic foods can help you build more muscle and burn more fat, not to mention protect the environment from harmful pesticides and increase your chances of siring healthy offspring. Here are 20 top organic foods to get you started. Add them to your grocery list to upgrade your diet, strengthen your body, and help heal the planet.
My top three faves:
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters Organic French Roast: sorry Starbucks
- Peeled Snacks Much-Ado-About Mango: the only ingredient is dried mangos, quite the concept
- Stoneyfield Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt with Honey: the Greek Yogurt Goddess
Check out the other big names like Kashi, Stoneyfield, Newman’s Own and Applegate Farms making the cut.
What’s on your organic list?
We always buy our dairy products (milk, yogurt, butter) organic and also the “dirty dozen” fruits and veggies like celery & grapes. Anything that grows under ground I buy organic too because I don’t like to think of them sitting in chemical laden dirt, know what I mean.
I just started paying closer attention to my dairy products! and yes, definitely familiar with the dirty dozen.
I try to buy organic, but we don’t always have the best options!
As soon as our summer Farmer’s Markets open, I try to hit them for local, organic produce. It’s hard to go back to non-organic, grocery store produce after that!
It is hard to go back once you’ve had the real, fresh stuff. My grandmother’s garden absolutely spoiled me:)
I can’t always afford the organic section, but I do enjoy myself a farmers market. And also take advantage of my parents giving me free food from their MASSIVE garden. It’s a thing of beauty…
Oh you lucky gal! Family farms are the best, I was fortunate growing up to have my grandparents always have the best. Took it for granted really.
totally agree with the dairy and i always buy organic vegetables!
You are the organic queen:)
I actually pick up a lot of organic food at Trader Joes- I’m majorly on a budget and I can actually afford to buy organic there!
Absolutely – great place to shop, definitely agree with reasonable prices.
Kudos! Great, simple post to get the important parts out there! My favorite organic brands are Cascadian farm (since I’ve seen the farm and I know the love it gets every day!), Driscolli berries (yum) and the Good LIfe Farm that gives us our CSA every week in the office
I always trust your pics! I’ll be on the lookout at my grocer:)
Definitely Kashi on my list! And Applewood Farms. And anything at Trader Joe’s!!
Whoop whoop for TJ’s!
I do a combination of buying fresh from the local markets and also buying online those things which I know I can trust to be the highest quality. Organics are expensive but getting a debilitating disease is soooo much more expensive.
I’m hoping the prices will fall as more and more people demand healthier foods.