A Reason To Go Organic | Foodfacts.com

Not all of us can afford to go 100% organic every time we shop. The solution? Focus on those foods that come with the heaviest burden of pesticides, additives and hormones. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), consumers can reduce their pesticide exposure by 80% by avoiding the most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating only the cleanest. If consumers get their USDA-recommended 5 daily servings of fruits and veggies from the 15 most contaminated, they could consume an average of 10 pesticides a day. Those who eat the 15 least contaminated conventionally grown produce ingest less than 2 pesticides daily. Read more…

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In a recent Washington Post report, a writer mentioned that one of their readers took issue with his contention that studies don’t show that organic fruits and vegetables are measurably more nutritious than agriculture grown through conventional means. The most recent data on this came from a massive literature review commissioned by Britain’s Food Safety Agency (their version of our FDA) and conducted by Britain’s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They concluded that a “systematic review of literature over 50 years finds no evidence for superior nutritional content of organic produce.” Read more…

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