Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Dirty Truth About Food

Most of you know this, but for those of you who don't consider yourselves about to be informed

Did you know ORGANIC means..no pesticides or chemical fertilizers were used. 
WHICH MEANS... workers and farm neighbors aren't exposed to the chemicals other farm workers are on non organic farms...
Did you think about that?

Well as you know I'm big on healthy and organic. In fact if I mention food to my friends or pretty much anything they tease and ask me if it's organic. To their surprise when they asked me if Brynlee's hair product was organic, I said well technically "It's all natural"...
lol Then they just stare at me...

But Anyway if you can't afford to go pedal to the metal Organic.

There's at least 12 foods you should buy Organic if not anything else. 
You can reduce your exposure of pesticide residue and chemicals by 80% just by switching to Organic on these 12 foods

  1. Apples (Thats right they may keep the dentist away, but ew your still eating chemicals, psh you washed it with water...not enough) 
  2. Celery 
  3. Strawberries
  4. Peaches
  5. Spinach
  6. Nectarines-imported
  7. Grapes-imported
  8. Sweet bell Peppers
  9. Potatoes
  10. Blueberries -domestic
  11. Lettuce
  12. Kale/Collard Greens
Your grossed out right? 

Ok just to make you feel better i'll post the least contaminated...
  1. Onions
  2. Avocado
  3. Sweet Corn
  4. Pineapples
  5. Mango
  6. Asparagus
  7. Sweet Peas (Frozen)
  8. Kiwi Fruit
  9. Bananas
  10. Cabbage
  11. Broccoli
  12. Papaya

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