Anyone who follows my teaching at all, probably knows that if you value your health you should avoid foods grown\/raised with conventional herbicides, pesticides, growth hormones, are genetically modified, etc. What you may not have gleaned is that organically grown\/raised foods have more nutrients. So we highly recommend that you get organically grown foods whenever possible.<\/p>\n
However, I know that it is not always possible. A list has been published<\/a> on the top foods that are most important to purchase organic if you can, and\u00a0 those that are least harmful, if you must purchase non-organic.<\/p>\n Produce is what we usually think of, when we think of buying organic. But butter contains the most residues (i.e. worst to buy non-organic), and meat is next.<\/p>\n Worst non-organic produce:<\/p>\n Peaches Safest non-organic produce:<\/p>\n Broccoli Another interesting bit of information I learned is:<\/p>\n * A conventionally grown product carries a 4-digit PLU code (Ex: conventionally grown banana: 4011) All info taken from – and more can be read at –\u00a0 Mercola.com<\/a><\/p>\n The information on PLU codes is great info to have, but know that stores do not HAVE to use it. So just because an item only has a 4 digit code, it does not mean that it is NOT GMO. (Personally, I have yet to see one that IS labeled GMO. However they are happy to label the organic with the 5 digit code beginning with 9. So that is helpful for buying organic produce.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anyone who follows my teaching at all, probably knows that if you value your health you should avoid foods grown\/raised with conventional herbicides, pesticides, growth hormones, are genetically modified, etc. What you may not have gleaned is that organically grown\/raised foods have more nutrients. So we highly recommend that you \u2026 Continue reading
\nApples
\nSweet bell peppers
\nCelery
\nNectarines
\nStrawberries
\nCherries
\nLettuce
\nGrapes (imported)
\nPears
\nSpinach
\nPotatoes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nEggplant
\nCabbage
\nBanana
\nKiwi
\nAsparagus
\nSweet peas (frozen)
\nMango
\nPineapple
\nSweet corn (frozen)
\nAvocado
\nOnion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n* An organic product carries a 5-digit code, starting with the number 9: (Ex: organic banana: 94011)
\n* A genetically engineered (GE or GMO) product has a 5-digit code, starting with the number 8: (Ex: GE banana: 84011)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n