I had this friend in Colorado, Miki, who was a very natural girl. She was planning to have a natural birth (I think she probably did, she was due two months before I was) and she always would have "organic" food in her house. At the time I thought she was just a little extreme and "why would you need to eat organic foods they cost so much more?" Now that I'm feeding a one year old and trying to eat healthier myself, I understand why. I posted about my war against High Fructose Corn syrup which is in literally everything! But the more I look at ingredients on labels at the commissary the more I can see her point. What am I giving to my kid when I give him animal crackers? Yes it's something sweet that he'll enjoy but is it really that good for him?
I spent 5 minutes reading labels of jelly the other day. Even the "all fruit, all natural" jams have a HIGH amount of unnatural ingredients and an incredible amount of sugar. So I ended up paying more for organic jam from Italy because I can pronounce everything on the label. I can't say that it's the right way for everything all the time (I can't find organic chocolate yet) for me it just seems to make more sense to eat things that are closer to the state they were in originally. I am slowly becoming more and more of a granola girl (natural birth...cosleeping...canvas grocery bags...organic foods). That might change though when there's a Wendy's within 1.000 miles of my house though. I'll keep you all updated. ;)
