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<\/a>Should that apple be organic?<\/p><\/div>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Celery is another generally pesticide and fertilizer laden food, yet broccoli is usually considered safe (go figure).<\/p>\n
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\u2019t eat them, either. According to Prevention, there are seven (7) foods that people in the know avoid totally. Some of them may surprise you:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Canned Tomatoes
\n2.\u00a0 Corn Fed Beef
\n3.\u00a0 Microwave Popcorn
\n4.\u00a0 Non-organic Potatoes (this one surprised me)
\n5.\u00a0 Farmed Salmon
\n6.\u00a0 Milk with artificial hormones
\n7.\u00a0 Non-organic apples<\/p>\n
For more information: Prevention has their article \u201cSeven Foods That Should Never Cross Your Lips<\/a>\u201d posted on AOL Health. The Daily Green has two very informative articles: \u201cThe Clean Fifteen – Foods You Don\u2019t Have to Buy Organic<\/a>\u201d and \u201cThe Dirty Dozen – The Top 12 Foods to Eat Organic<\/a>“.<\/p>\n