Pesticide Problems:
Safety Precautions Thru
Types Of Alternative Medicine

It may be possible you could be having some kind of pesticide problems instead of a food allergy.

Many times when you eat certain fruits and vegetables, some people seem to have a low-grade allergic reaction. They normally just assume they are sensitive to that tomato, potato, onion or whatever that they just ate from the grocery store.

But what if you keep having that same feeling more and more often when you eat many fruits and vegetables? If you seem to always be having problems with:

• itchiness
• swelling or a bloated feeling
• flatulence and cramping
• diarrhea
• skin rash or hives

Often these symptoms can be attributed to the pesticides used to control bugs or disease during the growing stage. Even though some people are careful about trying to grow their crops organically, nothing is 100% organically safe. Contaminants are always in the air, soil, the water, the hands of the person caring for the plants, any animal, bird or bug which approaches and lands on or near the plant. As you can see, 100% organic safety is an impossible factor to completely control in your environment.

Which Fruits and Vegetables Cause The Most Problems

So the top ten list for the worst products* because of their dangerous toxic levels belongs to:

1. apples
2. celery
3. strawberries
4. peaches
5. spinach
6. nectarines (imported)
7. grapes (imported)
8. sweet bell peppers
9. white potatoes
10. blueberries (domestic)

Although peeling or washing the produce will reduce the toxicity a small fraction, many of the healthy nutrients do get thrown away in those peels also. Therefore the only three ways to reduce the toxicity load is:

• a good washing (or scrubbing) with produce wash will remove many pesticides. For a quick and easy homemade wash which is far less expensive than what can be purchased in the grocery store try this recipe for a safe home washing solution.

• purchase all organic selections for the top ten worst list and still wash well before consumption

• frequently avoid all of the products on the top ten worst list and eat from the top ten best list* selections regularly instead

1. onions
2. sweet corn
3. pineapple
4. avocado
5. asparagus
6. sweet peas
7. mango
8. eggplant
9. cantaloupe (domestic)
10. kiwi

So although pesticide problems can not be entirely eliminated, if you seem to be sensitive to an abundance of varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables, first confirm you are deciphering the codes correctly on your purchases, then try changing your diet a little to concentrate on the least contaminated list and see if some of your adverse reactions seem to clear up or bother you less frequently.

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