KTK-Nutrition

Ever try to go “organic” and buy some organic fruit, vegetables or milk?   Then you look at the price and say, “Oh, my” and wonder why organic costs so much more?   So what gives, why do you have to pay more for the healthier organic option?   Chemicals, pesticides – one reason people buy organic foods is that they aren’t sprayed with all the pesticides and chemicals.   And organic farmers do raise their produce and products without the use of pesticides that are harmful to your health and harmful to the environment.   But this means farmers can lose more of their crop to insects, fungus and other plant diseases.   Also, without the chemical preservatives some foods won’t last as long on the shelf.      Hormones – many farmers use growth hormones or enhancers to make the animals grow faster and can go to market sooner.    Organic farmers don’t use these hormones but then spend the extra money as the animals like chickens take ...

As summer approaches, we will be reaching for water bottles to quench our thirst.   Are there water bottles to avoid?   Yes, as some contain BPA which we really don’t need.   Most of us have heard some manufacturers put a chemical in plastic bottles that we should avoid.   What is the chemical and why should we avoid it?   The chemical is bisphenol A or BPA for short.   Manufacturers use BPA to hard plastics, and they put   this chemical in:   Baby bottles, sippy cup s – most US manufacturers no longer put BPA in baby bottles an sippy cups Plastic bottles like water bottles Cans – lining of cans   Why isn't BPA banned?   The Food and Drug Administration was asked to ban BPA but they cited insufficient evidence.   One has to wonder was it insufficient evidence or a strong food lobby that prevented the ban.   But our friends to the North, Canada has banned BPA use in baby bottles so they have recognized the “insufficient...