Ask Dr. Merrell: Your Health Questions Answered
Buying Organic
Q: How important is organic food to my overall health?
A: The Environmental Working Group released a study that identified 232
chemicals in the cord blood of babies, which showed that even before
we're born, we're bombarded with toxins from our environment. Buying
organic is a key way to reduce exposure to pollutants.
Organic fruits and vegetables are grown without pesticides, which are
poisons designed to keep pests away from produce. At low levels, some
have no proven dangerous effects on humans, but there aren't studies on
the lifelong cumulative effect of exposure. When choosing to buy organic
focus on most vegetables, and thin-skinned fruits like apples,
cherries, and berries (the thicker the skin the less pesticides inside).
Wash any non-organic produce you buy in a citrus-based fruit and
vegetable wash, which helps to lift pesticides from the skin.
When you're shopping for meat, also consider organic. In non-organic
poultry, cattle, and fish farms, chemical additives are used heavily --
including growth hormones, antibiotics, and grains grown with pesticides
-- which are then passed on to you when you eat them. In contrast,
organic animals eat whole foods and consequently, cattle and pigs that
forage have higher omega-3 health fats.
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