I know that Organic Omega-3 eggs are consider better, but is it really worth it.
They have about 250mg of omega three which isn’t that much is you consider the standard pill has 1000mg, and a little less sat fat?
Is there something I’m missing because I’m trying to see if this justifies paying 3.00 per dozen as oposed to about .60 cents.
[quote]YoungGunner wrote:
I know that Organic Omega-3 eggs are consider better, but is it really worth it.
They have about 250mg of omega three which isn’t that much is you consider the standard pill has 1000mg, and a little less sat fat?
Is there something I’m missing because I’m trying to see if this justifies paying 3.00 per dozen as oposed to about .60 cents.[/quote]
Organic animal products are considered superior because animals that eat pesticide-covered foods end up with concentrated amounts of those chemicals in their bodies. So overall, it is IMO more important to eat organic animal products than organic veggies because animal products contain higher concentrations of the chemicals you don’t want.
Not all organic eggs are high in omega-3. Buy organic eggs because you don’t want to eat science experiments.
Really depends on what is important to you. I buy organic/cage free eggs because I believe that in a real sense we create the world we live in. I find the factory farming of chickens simply abhorrent, and I don’t want to support those practices by buying eggs that are produced that way.
I honestly don’t know if they’re appreciably better for me, but in my experience they definitely taste better.
I have no doubt that organic eggs are better and would gladly buy them except I’m not sure how I’d cook them as a homeless person after being foreclosed because of not being able to pay my mortgage.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
I have no doubt that organic eggs are better and would gladly buy them except I’m not sure how I’d cook them as a homeless person after being foreclosed because of not being able to pay my mortgage.[/quote]
Well, if you’re homeless, then the wellbeing of some chickens whom you’re unlikely to ever meet isn’t probably all that important to you.
So, what’s important to you would more likely be - which can you acquire with the means at your disposal and which are safest if you can get them, but can’t cook them? Conventionally produced is almost certainly the answer to the first, and honestly, I don’t know about the second. Proponents of organic say their eggs are, but I don’t know.
For me, I’ll spend a some of my discretionary money for food that feels better to me and give my money to local producers rather than agribusiness, but I’m too cheap to pay for cable, so I watch Battlestar Galactica on the treadmill at my gym. It’s all trade-offs.
Exactly.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
I have no doubt that organic eggs are better and would gladly buy them except I’m not sure how I’d cook them as a homeless person after being foreclosed because of not being able to pay my mortgage.[/quote]
[quote]YoungGunner wrote:
I know that Organic Omega-3 eggs are consider better, but is it really worth it.
They have about 250mg of omega three which isn’t that much is you consider the standard pill has 1000mg, and a little less sat fat?
Is there something I’m missing because I’m trying to see if this justifies paying 3.00 per dozen as oposed to about .60 cents.[/quote]
Well,it depends on how many eggs you eat.
I usually go through 12 eggs,sometimes more, a day.
So if I’m consuming 12 a day,I’m getting 3000mg a day.
[quote]marza wrote:
Well, if you’re homeless, then the wellbeing of some chickens whom you’re unlikely to ever meet isn’t probably all that important to you.
So, what’s important to you would more likely be - which can you acquire with the means at your disposal and which are safest if you can get them, but can’t cook them? Conventionally produced is almost certainly the answer to the first, and honestly, I don’t know about the second. Proponents of organic say their eggs are, but I don’t know.
For me, I’ll spend a some of my discretionary money for food that feels better to me and give my money to local producers rather than agribusiness, but I’m too cheap to pay for cable, so I watch Battlestar Galactica on the treadmill at my gym. It’s all trade-offs. [/quote]
I find no fault with anything you’ve said. You are much more sensitive to the well being of animals than I am, but it appears sanely so and that’s a good thing.
80 cents a dozen or 3.29 a dozen. At least around here. I buy 10 dozen a week. I honestly don’t have the discretionary headroom for that. I won’t lie to ya though. If there were no difference other than how they were produced I still wouldn’t pay that much extra for them if I did have it. You’re probably a nicer person than me and I don’t mean that sarcastically, but I can only be honest.
I buy them at a local shopping center and they’re about $.50-$.75 more expensive than regular eggs.
That makes them around $2.00 instead of $1.50 ($.99 for regular eggs at Walmart, so that makes organic twice as much, but still cheap).
I find them a lot more affordable than chicken, and chicken is a lot more affordable than steak, so if you can’t afford these, I guess you’re probably…a vegetarian?
Forget the omegas for a bit, read the nutritional info, organic eggs are almost like multivitamins. All regular eggs have are protein.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
I buy them at a local shopping center and they’re about $.50-$.75 more expensive than regular eggs.
That makes them around $2.00 instead of $1.50 ($.99 for regular eggs at Walmart, so that makes organic twice as much, but still cheap).
I find them a lot more affordable than chicken, and chicken is a lot more affordable than steak, so if you can’t afford these, I guess you’re probably…a vegetarian?[/quote]
I buy chicken thighs which are 88 cents a pound and 10 pound rolls of 90 ground beef. 1.69 a pound. Also the local store has sales about once a month of 15 oz. cans of wild caught salmon for a buck. I get a months worth at a time which is 25-30. I’m luvin the anabolic diet :-]
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
SWR-1240 wrote:
I buy them at a local shopping center and they’re about $.50-$.75 more expensive than regular eggs.
That makes them around $2.00 instead of $1.50 ($.99 for regular eggs at Walmart, so that makes organic twice as much, but still cheap).
I find them a lot more affordable than chicken, and chicken is a lot more affordable than steak, so if you can’t afford these, I guess you’re probably…a vegetarian?
I buy chicken thighs which are 88 cents a pound and 10 pound rolls of 90 ground beef. 1.69 a pound. Also the local store has sales about once a month of 15 oz. cans of wild caught salmon for a buck. I get a months worth at a time which is 25-30. I’m luvin the anabolic diet :-][/quote]
Damn!
I can’t remember exactly, but I think I’m paying around $4/lb for boneless, skinless chichen (I know, I’m too lazy to take the skin and bones off so I have to pay more), and I forgot how much I pay for 90% lean ground beef, but it’s more than what you’re paying.
I need to search for my food somewhere else.
The local butcher is a lot more expensive than the grocery store too.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
Damn!
I can’t remember exactly, but I think I’m paying around $4/lb for boneless, skinless chichen (I know, I’m too lazy to take the skin and bones off so I have to pay more), and I forgot how much I pay for 90% lean ground beef, but it’s more than what you’re paying.
I need to search for my food somewhere else.
The local butcher is a lot more expensive than the grocery store too.[/quote]
I don’t know What it is. Regular commercial food is dirt cheap here and range fed beef, organic eggs and the like are so expensive I’d need a second job to afford em. Like I say, large eggs I can get for 80 cents a dozen. Sometimes 18 for a buck ten. Organic eggs are 3.29 a dozen. There’s no way. My wife would disown me.
One reason some people might be less concerned about buying organic/omega 3 eggs is if you mostly use the egg whites, as some people who are seeking to maximize their protein and minimize fats do. The omega-3 fats are contained in the yolks, so if you’re not eating the yolks, you’re not getting the fats.
If you use egg whites as part of your omelette (my typical omelette is 3 whites and 2 whole eggs) or whatever and you’re not concerned about pesticide or anti-biotic residue, you could use regular eggs to supply the egg whites and just throw in a couple of whole omega-3 eggs.
Well even if you cant buy 10 dozen organic, you could atleast do 2 dozen a week. Organic eggs are good for several reasons including health so it isnt an all or none type of situation, all would be great, but some would still be better than none.
I notice that the organic eggs that I buy have a much richer yellow color than conventional eggs. They also seem more thick and less runny than regular eggs when cooked over easy.
Ya, I’m kinda with you Trib, it’d be nice but way too expensive given I eat a similiar amount.
Marza’s idea has merit, but at 12-15 a day I still don’t think I could swing enough to make a difference. The computer support industry has gone to total shit. I haven’t gotten a significant raise in 3 years. Not to mention that my company has me working for Ford which does not help either. Every damn dollar counts.
[quote]abcd1234 wrote:
I notice that the organic eggs that I buy have a much richer yellow color than conventional eggs. They also seem more thick and less runny than regular eggs when cooked over easy. [/quote]
Thats a good sign.
The yolk should always be bright yellow.
If it’s darker and stinks,then chances are it came from a sick hen or ate complete shit.