Sunday, January 8, 2012

Shopping for Organic Foods

WOW!!! Did u know......

"Picking five servings of fruits and vegetables from the 12 most contaminated would cause you to consume an average of 14 different pesticides a day,"
the group reports in its findings, which were based on data collected by the United States Departure of Agriculture of food samples that often were ready to be eaten (meaning that they had already been peeled or washed as necessary).


(HuffPost blogger Dr. Andrew Weil told EWG when they released the "Shoppers List",...
"We have very good data showing that if people eat organic that measurable pesticide levels in their tissues drop, and this has been shown with kids as well,")

Theres a wonderful website I like to look it. Heres the link.

http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

Eating organic is great. I wish we could all eat everything organic. Unfortunately with grocery prices raising and incomes decreasing, Sometimes being complately Organic isnt totally realistic, So heres the 2011 Shoppers List on the DIRTY DOZEN. The clean 15 has so few chemicals incorporated that its safer to buy these non organic if need be.


                                          EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Dirty Dozen
Buy these organic
1
Apple
Apples
2
Celery
Celery
3
Strawberries
Strawberries
4
Peaches
Peaches
5
Spinach
Spinach
6
Nectarines
Nectarines
– imported
7
Grapes
Grapes – imported
8
Red Pepper
Sweet bell peppers
9
Potatoe
Potatoes
10
Blueberries
Blueberries
– domestic
11
Lettuce
Lettuce
12
Kale
    Kale/collard greens
 
CLEAN 15- Dont have to buy these organically.
Lowest in Pesticide
1
Onions
Onions
2
Sweet Corn
Sweet Corn
3
Pineapple
Pineapples
4
Avocado
Avocado
5
Asparagus
Asparagus
6
Peas
Sweet peas
7
Mango
Mangoes
8
Eggplant
Eggplant
9
Cantelope
Cantaloupe
- domestic
10
Kiwi
Kiwi
11
Cabbage
Cabbage
12
Watermelon
Watermelon
13
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes
14
Grapefruit
Grapefruit
15
Mushrooms
Mushrooms









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