I love Whole Foods, my local farmer\u2019s market, and do my best to purchase products from the best sources, including organic foods. That said, slapping organic on a label does not mean it will help you lose weight or slash fat, and in some instances it won\u2019t even guarantee that a food is “healthy.” After all, an organic donut is still a donut.<\/p>\n
What’s more, research published in the Annal of Internal Medicine <\/em>reviewed 200 studies that compared the health benefits of organic foods to conventional foods and the results were surprising: There were no clearly distinguishable benefits of eating organic foods, whether measured by preventing disease or an assessment of overall health.<\/p>\n More\u00a0specific to weight loss, a random comparison of organic to non-organic foods found no significant difference in nutritional information, including calories.<\/p>\n Organic sources of sugar are still sugar. And organic products loaded with 1,000 calories are still 1,000 calories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n More research on organic foods needs to be conducted. Organic foods have fewer pesticides and toxins, but the real question is if the sometimes-small difference in toxins makes any scientifically significant difference on weight loss (and yes, weight loss and health are two separate discussions).<\/p>\n Most important to you: labeling a food as organic is not an indication that it is\u00a0weight-loss friendly. In fact, there’s very little evidence that organic foods promote the scale dropping. It\u00a0could be the opposite because according to research at the University of Michigan, people who buy organic are under the impression that the foods contain fewer calories and oftentimes end up overeating.<\/p>\n That’s not\u00a0<\/em>to say organic foods are bad (As I said before, they are part of my diet). They are a great source of nutrition and tend to be\u00a0farmed in a more responsible manner. The question here is about pure fat loss.<\/p>\n Organic sources of sugar are still sugar. And organic products loaded with 1,000 calories are still 1,000 calories. If you want to reduce the potential of anything bad entering your body, feel free to purchase organic products but still keep an eye on the label if your primary goal is fat loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s little doubt you want to put the best quality ingredients in your body. But do organic foods really help with fat loss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[9,720,334,333,11],"class_list":["post-2676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","tag-diet","tag-fat-loss","tag-nutrition-information","tag-organic-foods","tag-weight-loss","bf-level-all-levels"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Organic Debate: Healthy vs. Weight Loss<\/h2>\n