| To be and stay healthy, you must eat healthy | | | | organic strawberries from your local whole foods |
| foods. An important part of a food being healthy | | | | market. |
| is for the food to be certified organic. To be | | | | 7. Green and Red Bell Peppers: These excellent |
| organic, foods must meet certain standards set | | | | sources of Vitamin C are contaminated with |
| by their accredited organic certification | | | | pesticides. Buy these organic. Or, you can buy |
| organization. Among the standards required for | | | | organic seeds and grow your own. |
| organic foods, is that the foods have to be grown | | | | 8. Corn: Corn doesn't really have that many |
| or raised without use of toxic pesticides. The | | | | pesticide residues. But 75 to 90 percent of all |
| following is a list of some of the most important | | | | domestic corn has been genetically-modified, and |
| foods that should be organic if you are going to | | | | the average American eats 11 pounds of it. Also, |
| consume them. They are organized in no | | | | most cooking oils include corn oil, and so many |
| particular order. | | | | foods are sweetened with corn syrup. Eat local |
| 1. Milk: Non-organically raised cows are stuffed | | | | organic corn in season and freeze some for later. |
| with antibiotics and growth hormones. Make sure | | | | 9. Bananas: This tropical favorite isn't ripe for very |
| your milk and other dairy products are from | | | | long and has a very long distance to travel to |
| organically-fed cows that haven't been pumped | | | | market. These two factors combined, leads to a |
| with extra antibiotics. If you are buying and | | | | lot of heavy chemical dousing during the process. |
| drinking goat milk or goat products, know that | | | | 10. Cherries: These rich pieces of fruit are heavily |
| scientists have now genetically mutated a goat to | | | | doused in poison. Make sure that the cherries you |
| spin silk in her milk. | | | | buy are organic and clean for the best and |
| 2. Rice: Domestic rice contains mega-doses of | | | | sweetest taste out there. |
| pesticides. Buy organic rice where you can find it | | | | 11. Cucumbers: By the time the cucumbers in |
| and store it in an airtight container. | | | | your salad have traveled from the farm to the |
| 3. Potatoes: The non organic variety is laden with | | | | plate, they are intoxicated with pesticides. Buy |
| pesticides or has been genetically-modified. | | | | organic cucumbers to avoid eating pesticide-filled |
| Genetically modified potatoes impair the immune | | | | cucumbers. |
| system and can shrink the brain, liver and heart. | | | | 12. Celery: Very much laced with pesticides that |
| 4. Baby Food: The younger a person, the most | | | | have been sprayed onto them from their first |
| susceptible they are to pesticides. There are | | | | conception, cucumbers are definitely one |
| many organic baby food brands now. | | | | vegetable that you should buy organic. |
| 5. Green Beans: At least 60 different pesticides | | | | All of these foods that have been discussed |
| are used on green beans. Even beans used in | | | | should be bought organic. Eating organic foods will |
| baby food have been found to be contaminated. | | | | ensure that your body will be the healthiest it can |
| 6. Strawberries: Eat organic ones while they are in | | | | be. |
| season from local organic farms or buy frozen | | | | |