Organic or Local Foods? Does it Matter?

Eating 5 fruits and vegetables, no matter where they came from used to be enough. But now people are starting to worry about where there food comes from or if it is organic. So what should you be eating? To get the most from your fruits and veggies, try and follow these rules as best as you can:

• Try to buy local, within 100 miles of your home - the foods are picked at their freshest and they retain more nutrients. Plus at local farms they tend to use less pesticides.
• If you can't buy local, go organic for any foods that you eat the skin - apples, strawberries, tomatoes. These tend to hold more pesticides than things like bananas or oranges where the skin is removed.
  

How can you find these foods? Many grocery stores are starting to support local farmers and offer organic options. Farmers markets are a great place and often times less expensive than the grocery store. The Mayo Clinic Blog has some suggestions about Farmers Markets, Click Here!

Click here for a full list of what foods to try to eat organic.