Why You Don't Want to Buy Organic Eggs at the Grocery Store – Part 1

by Dr. Mercola

"You would think that organic eggs would be your best choice when picking them up at the grocery store. However, most states have laws that make them illegal unless all the eggs that are sold commercially are processed in a way that could damage them.

Some states require that all eggs receive a chlorine bath and mineral oil coating before they are nestled into their cartons.

There are vast differences in how eggs are processed and handled, even under the "certified organic" label.

As it turns out, what happens outside the shell is as important as what happens inside the shell, and that is the focus of this report.'

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How to Buy More Nutritious and Humane Eggs: What to Know, and What You Can Forget

'Cage-free. Organic. Range-fed. Humane. We know the terms, and we see them on the labels of the egg cartons at the store. But can we trust them? And just what do they mean?

'Luckily, there are two tips you can take to reduce your stress around which eggs are best for the environment, the chickens, and you.

'First, we have to erase any trust we put into pictures of happy chickens and the meaningless terms like cage-free or organic scrawled on the cartons. These terms are too broad to trust at face value. When we read "cage-free" that might mean that the chickens are packed into one large hen-house and while not technically in cages, they aren't exactly living in humane, comfortable conditions. And when we read "organic," we can't be completely sure if that means the hens are raised without antibiotics, or if they were fed organic feed, or what.'

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