by Pride Dental | Jul 15, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition
It’s probably not news to you that food prices have risen a lot over the past year or so. Compared to early- to -mid-2020, you’re now paying 18.7% more for seafood. There has been a 7.5% increase for fruit, 5.1% for fresh meat, 3.1% for vegetables, 2.4% for... 
by Pride Dental | Apr 25, 2019 | General Health
Earlier this year, new research showed just how profoundly the switch to organic food can affect our exposure to pesticides. It was a small study, involving 4 diverse families of 16 people total. Pesticide levels were tested in urine samples from each participant.... 
by Pride Dental | Oct 5, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition
As we mentioned last time, trust is a big issue when it comes to food labeled “organic.” When people don’t trust it, they don’t buy it. But matters of trust can also be confounded by our own expectations – and lots of people have different, not always correct, ideas... 
by Pride Dental | Sep 28, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition
Shop in a grocery store, and most of what you see has been processed to one degree or another. Yes, strictly speaking, even things like cleaning, sorting, and bagging organic fruit or veg count as processing. In essence, “processing” is merely about turning food in... 
by Pride Dental | Jun 23, 2016 | Diet & Nutrition
A recent article over at Vox goes into “the shifting economics of organic food.” But while some organic food is getting cheaper, the fact remains that it can be pricey. But as we point out in this post from October 2013, buying organic doesn’t have...