Remember when the wicked witch gave Snow White the poisoned apple? Well it was not organic. If she had given it a pesticide wash and peeled it, she would have fared a little better, perhaps, but remember “little” is the key word here.
Root vegetables need to be
organic, always. Non-organic root
vegetables absorb the herbicides, pesticides and fungicides that end up in the
soil. Washing these off with the best pesticide wash solution will not get the
toxins out because of the way they have been absorbed into the flesh.
Root vegetables that are
organic are good for you, except for Potatoes. The only acceptable potato is the Nicola variety, which I
used to find at the farmers markets in New York City.
The reason is that the starch
breakdown to sugar in regular potatoes packs a high glycemic load, which can
fuel the inflammation process.
Inflammation leads to diseases such as cancer.
As to Apples, they must also
be organic, always. Because of
their frequent dousing and spraying with pesticides, they are considered to be
carcinogenic.
Farm workers have much higher
incidences of cancer and Parkinson's disease and their continued exposure to
these harmful toxic pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are most likely the
source.
PANIC IF THESE AREN’T ORGANIC!
Apples
Celery
Strawberries
Peaches
Spinach
Nectarines
Grapes
Sweet Bell Peppers
Potatoes
Blueberries
Lettuce
Kale
Collard Greens
