Dangerous Pesticides and Eating Healthy Fruits – Vegetables.
Learn about Eating Healthy – A new study just released gives a breakdown of which fruits and vegetables are full of dangerous pesticides. Today in a world full of sickness and disease we have to watch out for our selves. It still amazes and shocks me how our government health departments have failed miserably in keeping our food supply safe. I believe we need to all stand together and demand these regulatory health departments be totally re-organized and those responsible in those departments be arrested and jailed for neglect of basic human health. Strong words indeed.
Look at every other problem in our society – if someone is at fault they are punished. Who sets the rules and says yes these dangerous pesticides are allowed to be put in our food supply ? who are these morons playing games with human health ? Many of these chemicals and dangerous pesticides are very harmful to our health and well being. These chemicals have no – I repeat no health benefits for human beings. We have so much unexplained cancer in our society. It seems to have all started with the industrial revolution and the invention of all these chemicals, preservatives, pesticides ect. Yet our government allows this… just as they allow many other destructive products in our society.
It is clear that following the guidelines of our government bodies will result in more sickness and health in our society. The debts – the crisis – the sickness – the war on drugs and disease are all indications the current government policies are not working and do not work. Your government allows food companies to use genetically modified foods without labeling on the package. They say we don’t have a right to know when we are eating GMO – Genetically Modified Foods. Wait a minute … does the goverment have proof of the long term safety on GMO foods ? I don’t think so Tim !!! Well I could go on and on about how bad a job our health departments are doing but lets get back to some helpful education on choosing the right fruits and vegetables for your family dinner table tonite.
We all know we need to eat more fruits and vegetables for our health. Fruits and vegetables are responsible for providing our bodies with many vitamins and minerals. They also provide us with very rare phyto-nutrients responsible for keeping our bodies healthy. Fruits and vegetables are also an important part of our natural fiber intake. Fiber is a big component in human health. Some people say we need to eat organic fruits and vegetables. Some argue that its too expensive to buy organic. Most of us over eat – we eat too much making our selves fat and obese while people are starving to death in some countries around the world. If you have to pay a bit more to eat healthy and because of it you have to eat a little less – That’s not a problem, it could save your life ? When you eat better, eat less, and lose some weight you actually feel better and your body thanks you. If you are looking to attain better health take the 90 Day Health Challenge.
Here is a list of fruits and vegetables and thier ratings as to most and least amount of dangerous pesticides found in the newest study by the EWG.
Dirty Dozen Fruits and Vegetables
We will start off with the top Dirty Dozen – those with the most pesticides. These are the products that it would make sense to pay more for organic so that you can really cut down on the amount of these poisons entering your body. Buy these organic where possible or cut down on thier consumption
- Apples
- Celery
- Strawberries
- Peaches
- Spinach
- Imported Nectarines
- Imported Grapes
- Sweet Bell Peppers
- Potatoes
- Blueberries
- Lettuce
- Kale/Collard Greens
Clean Fifteen Fruits and Vegetables
Now lets go through the list of healthy fruits and vegetables with the least amount of pesticides. These should still be bought organic however if budget is a concern your better off buying these normally and spending the extra for organic an the higher pesticide fruits and vegetables. The list below has the least pesticides and know as the clean 15 :
- Onions
- Sweet Corn
- Pineapples
- Avacado
- Asparagus
- Sweet Peas
- Mangoes
- Eggplant
- Domestic Cantaloupe
- Kiwi
- Cabbage
- Watermelon
- Sweet Potatoes
- Grapefruit
- Mushrooms
So there you have it . A list of the Dirty Dozen foods that if eaten should be bought organic. And a list of the Clean Fifteen foods with the least amount of dangerous chemicals and pesticides.
To learn more you can visit thier website ( EWG – 2011 shoppers guide to Pesticides in Produce )
You can read more articles on health and nutrition at the Live Healthy Site .