January 9th, 2010 Should that apple be organic?
post by Patti Tokar
Should that apple be organic?
Not everything you eat has to be a certified organic food. Some foods can be easily washed clean of pesticides, and some foods need little or no pesticides or preservatives in their production and preparation for human consumption. Onions, for example, according to The Daily Green, are usually perfectly safe to eat organic or not. Sweet corn on the cob and pineapples are also usually free of chemicals and pesticides.
Apples, though, can be simply loaded with chemicals and should be purchased organic. (Maybe Snow White could have been spared if she had known this.) Scrubbing or peeling may reduce many of the chemicals and pesticides in apples, but the skin is so nutrient rich that it’s a shame to do it. Peaches fall in the same pesticide-saturated category, however, their skin is so delicate and thin that even peeling will not eliminate most of the poisons.
Celery is another generally pesticide and fertilizer laden food, yet broccoli is usually considered safe (go figure).
While you may consider washing or peeling there are certain foods that can be so toxic that the experts will not even consider eating them. Maybe you shouldn’t eat them, either. According to Prevention, there are seven (7) foods that people in the know avoid totally. Some of them may surprise you:
1. Canned Tomatoes
2. Corn Fed Beef
3. Microwave Popcorn
4. Non-organic Potatoes (this one surprised me)
5. Farmed Salmon
6. Milk with artificial hormones
7. Non-organic apples
For more information: Prevention has their article “Seven Foods That Should Never Cross Your Lips” posted on AOL Health. The Daily Green has two very informative articles: “The Clean Fifteen – Foods You Don’t Have to Buy Organic” and “The Dirty Dozen – The Top 12 Foods to Eat Organic“.
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