I got a message from a reader the other day on Facebook about a Health.com story that made her quite concerned. And rightly so.
The article is titled “27 Mistakes Healthy People Make” and the #2 mistake was that “you always buy organic”.
It starts off by saying “Buying organic is wise for certain foods, such as beef or strawberries, but it doesn’t make much difference for others, like avocados or eggs.”
It alarms me that a website with such a giant readership could mislead people so badly. To say that it doesn’t make much of a difference to buy conventional eggs versus organic eggs is simply preposterous. Read more »