The Dirty Dozen: Top 12 Foods to Eat Organic
January 1, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
Not all of us can afford to go 100% organic. The solution? Focus on just those foods that are laden with the highest amounts of pesticides, chemicals, additives and hormones and deploy your organic spending power on buying organic versions of these whenever possible.Meat
There’s the likelihood that chicken, pork, and cow feed is grown with the help of pesticides, antibiotics and chemicals. Similar to milk and milk-based dairy products, many chemical pesticides could end up in the animal, which may end up in you.
It’s been widely reported that meat has higher concentrations of pesticides than plants, but the Environmental Protection Agency says that isn’t so. Their findings suggest that “meat does not contain higher levels of pesticides than plants” and go on to say that “In general, meat contains much lower concentrations of pesticides than plant products. Moreover, pesticide residues detected in fruits and vegetables are generally at least ten times lower than what is legally allowed under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.”
Milk
The fat in dairy products is another haven for pesticides, antibioltics, and bovine growth hormones. These get passed on to you through commercial milk, cheese, and butter. Organic dairies do not use chemicals or growth hormones like rGBH or rbST.
Coffee
Many of the beans you buy are grown in countries that don’t regulate the use of chemicals and pesticides. Look for the Fair Trade Certified label on the coffee package or can; it will give you some assurance that chemicals and pesticides were not used on the plants. It will also mean that fair prices were paid for the end product in support of the farm that supplied the coffee, and that the farm workers are treated fairly.
Peaches
Forty-five different pesticides are regularly applied to these delicately skinned fruits in conventional orchards. Can’t find organic? Safe alternatives: Watermelon, tangerines, oranges, and grapefruit.
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my girlfriend has a grape fruit plantation in their backyard and we always taste some of the harvest.”.’
we always use grapefruit on our dessert and this is a fruit that is full of antioxidants too.-;*