1. Why I Chose This Topic Eating is an everyday activity. However, the struggle with eating healthy can be hard as most organic foods can be high priced. With this observation, I have become curious on how the different types of food and why organic food is priced higher. I would have thought that the less you put into making the food, the cheaper it would be because the less labor it would take. I also am between being an exercise science major and a computer science major which both interest me. However, as I am debating on becoming and exercise science major, nutrition is a valued objective in that major.
2. What I Want to Know
I want to know what the difference is between being processed, organic, and GMO.
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Googling “How are processed foods made”, I did not get the results I intended to get. However, it got me to a good start on discovering what processed food is. I clicked on a link labeled “Processed Foods: What’s OK, What to Avoid.” This link brought me to a great article written by a dietician. I now want to discover what the difference is between non-organic and organic food mainly referring to fruit and vegetables. I typed in “Organic vs nonorganic”. To have this explained better I looked for a book to go by. I found the book, The Complete Book of Raw Food, which actually assisted me a lot in my research about organic and non-GMO food. I also found a website to assist in defining organic foods. This led me to search up the difference between organic and natural and later on genetically modified organisms.
After defining the different types of food, I wanted to dig into organic specifically and their farming techniques. I then searched up USDA and organic farming as two separate searches. I used the USDA site along with a couple less major sites to conform a definition with-in the United States standards. Already getting to the idea of why organic food is more expensive, I start looking into google for the answer to conclude my research. I came across more news sites than informational sites but it tied into the previous question on how organic farming techniques are different from conventional …show more content…
Wolfram, a registered and licensed dietician, stated that processed food can be as light has fruit being cut to heavily processed such as a frozen pizza (Wolfram). Food can be processed in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Adding calcium and vitamin D in milk is an example of healthy processed foods, while adding sugar, sodium, and fats in boxed and premade food is an example of unhealthy processed foods (Wolfram). On the other hand, besides being processed there are foods that are known as organic. The difference between organic foods and food that are not organic are the way the farmers grow them. Organic farming practices usetha natural fertilizers to feed the soil and plants (“Organic Foods: Are They Safer? More Nutritious?”). To be organic certified, a product must be at least ninety-five percent organic. A product that is organic can have a U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) label on it depending on if the producer decides to use it (“Organic Foods: Are They Safer? More Nutritious?”). The term organic is not interchangeable with the following terms: natural, all natural, free-range, or hormone-free (“Organic Foods: Are They Safer? More Nutritious?”). Foods labeled natural are assumed to contain no artificial colors or flavors, no artificial preservatives, no irradiated products, and no genetically modified organisms. However, there are no FDA or USDA regulations on what a “natural” product is in the U.S,
2. What I Want to Know
I want to know what the difference is between being processed, organic, and GMO.
We see labels everywhere on …show more content…
Googling “How are processed foods made”, I did not get the results I intended to get. However, it got me to a good start on discovering what processed food is. I clicked on a link labeled “Processed Foods: What’s OK, What to Avoid.” This link brought me to a great article written by a dietician. I now want to discover what the difference is between non-organic and organic food mainly referring to fruit and vegetables. I typed in “Organic vs nonorganic”. To have this explained better I looked for a book to go by. I found the book, The Complete Book of Raw Food, which actually assisted me a lot in my research about organic and non-GMO food. I also found a website to assist in defining organic foods. This led me to search up the difference between organic and natural and later on genetically modified organisms.
After defining the different types of food, I wanted to dig into organic specifically and their farming techniques. I then searched up USDA and organic farming as two separate searches. I used the USDA site along with a couple less major sites to conform a definition with-in the United States standards. Already getting to the idea of why organic food is more expensive, I start looking into google for the answer to conclude my research. I came across more news sites than informational sites but it tied into the previous question on how organic farming techniques are different from conventional …show more content…
Wolfram, a registered and licensed dietician, stated that processed food can be as light has fruit being cut to heavily processed such as a frozen pizza (Wolfram). Food can be processed in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Adding calcium and vitamin D in milk is an example of healthy processed foods, while adding sugar, sodium, and fats in boxed and premade food is an example of unhealthy processed foods (Wolfram). On the other hand, besides being processed there are foods that are known as organic. The difference between organic foods and food that are not organic are the way the farmers grow them. Organic farming practices usetha natural fertilizers to feed the soil and plants (“Organic Foods: Are They Safer? More Nutritious?”). To be organic certified, a product must be at least ninety-five percent organic. A product that is organic can have a U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) label on it depending on if the producer decides to use it (“Organic Foods: Are They Safer? More Nutritious?”). The term organic is not interchangeable with the following terms: natural, all natural, free-range, or hormone-free (“Organic Foods: Are They Safer? More Nutritious?”). Foods labeled natural are assumed to contain no artificial colors or flavors, no artificial preservatives, no irradiated products, and no genetically modified organisms. However, there are no FDA or USDA regulations on what a “natural” product is in the U.S,