eating more or less?

[dreamrawalwz]

There is a current thread about if you seem to eat more or less, but I'd like to add something to it. I was wonder...since organic produce holds about 100x more nutrition than non organic, would you not need as much and your body will accept and run better with less food? You'll be getting more nutrient so your body won't be screaming for more. Any thoughts or experiances on this?

[RawFoodieMom]

There is a current thread about if you seem to eat more or less, but I'd like to add something to it. I was wonder...since organic produce holds about 100x more nutrition than non organic, would you not need as much and your body will accept and run better with less food? You'll be getting more nutrient so your body won't be screaming for more. Any thoughts or experiances on this?

It may, if you are getting more nutrients. But where did you find information that there are 100x more nutrients? That sounds like an awfully big difference. I thought if you eat non-orgranic you would be getting the addition of pesticide residues but not necessarily an extreme amount less of nutrients.

Debra

[dreamrawalwz]

I was going to put that it may not have been 100x, but i forgot. I did see it in another thread here though and remember that it was a significantly higher number.

[RawFoodieMom]

no worries, dream. :)

Does anyone know where info can be found on the nutrient differences between organic and non-organic produce?

[Beanie]

In all honesty, I think its more like 10. You would need to eat 10 oranges to get the vitamin C in one orange. When you consider that an organic organic doesn't cost 10 times the amount, it sounds good to me!

But I think there are other factors which govern how much one eats. If you are overweight and go to raw foods, your body has plenty of nutrition (calories) to live off of. For me personally, I was very underweight to begin with. So no matter what my diet is, my body strives to maintain a certain weight it seems and probably demands like calories.