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| The Twelve Foods You Must Eat Organic |
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| Written by Richard | ||||||||
| Wednesday, 02 June 2010 03:55 | ||||||||
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Certain foods are more capable of absorbing pesticides than others, either due to their thin skin or their root systems. Some of the pesticide residue remains on the skin and can be to some extent washed off, yet some of the pesticide is absorbed either through the skin or root system into the food. According to the US government, trace amounts of pesticides are safe to consume, but according to researchers such as David Servan-Schreiber, a build-up of trace pesticides can be a factor in cancer.
The food that contains the highest number of pesticides, between 47 and 67 per serving, is celery. So how can you avoid such foods? As a general rule, it is better to buy organic produce where possible, especially from a local farm if that is available to you.
Organic produce is grown without pesticides and herbicides and therefore is healthier for the body.
The twelve foods that absorb the most pesticides are:
The foods that absorb the least pesticides are:
Another reason to buy organic is that in doing so, the demand for conventional food will drop and the amount of farms using pesticides will drop. This will reduce the overall amount of pesticides and synthetic fertilizer that is placed into the environment.
To live a Zen life is to live healthily and to respect the environment. Therefore, as far as possible, purchase and consume organic!
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000/3902809364 For more insight into this topic, see these articles:
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 03 June 2010 17:36 |
