The Most Pesticide Laden Produce And The Least

Published: Tue, 07/31/18

Ezine 149 www.bodytypology.com Sue-Anne Hickey

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The Most Pesticide Laden Produce

The Dirty Dozen

Hello

Which Produce to Buy Organic

Last week I wrote about saving money and eating healthily and how buying local produce in season can help. I mentioned that strawberries were one of the fruits highest in pesticides.

When we eat foods high in pesticides, they hinder the body's ability to absorb vitamins and minerals.. I believe that the more we expose ourselves to harmful chemicals and pesticides, the greater our risk for cancer and other disease.

I am fortunate in that, every 2 weeks all summer and fall I get an organic veggie "basket" from a local farm, here's a typical late summer basket!

Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen"

EWG is a site with a ton of great information. You can also check out all of your skin care products on their site and see how they are rated as far as toxicity goes.

They produce a list of the dirty dozen every year, the list of fruits and vegetables highest in pesticides. This list is from the U.S. but is probably similar in Canada.

Here's their list for 2018, starting with the worst

Strawberries
Spinach
Nectarines
Apples
Peaches
Pears
Cherries
Grapes
Celery
Tomatoes
Sweet Bell Peppers
Potatoes

The Clean 15

This is their list of the fruits and vegetables lowest in pesticides. As you can see below, the produce deemed clean, mostly contain skins to protect them from pesticides.

Avocados
Sweet Corn*
Pineapples
Cabbage
Onions
Frozen Sweet Peas
Papayas*
Asparagus
Mangos
Eggplant
Honeydew
Kiwi
Cantaloupe
Cauliflower
Broccoli

Sweet corn and papayas are usually genetically modified, so while lower in pesticides, they would be best bought organic.

Stock up on the clean 15 and see if you can get the others organic.

To your natural health!

Sue-Anne

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