here is current list of fruits and veggies
that have the most pesticides

wash scrub peel if u don't buy organic

strawberries .... get organic ... please.... few extra dollars ( cents) worth it
u can't exactly peel it




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I buy conventional strawberries because it's just such a difference. I would rather eat conventional strawberries than organic bread. And sweet peppers are hard to find organic at a price that is not absurd. Whole Foods sells them for around $3.99 or more a pound. I think Trader Joe's has them much cheaper but still, I use them all the time and I just don't feel bad using the conventional. Lettuce and some other greens I will buy organic.

Usually the bigger the difference in price between the poisoned and organically raised produce the more toxins they have to use if they don't want to grow things the right way.

I don't think it's possible to get all the toxins they use on strawberries off/out of them. I'd rather eat half as many of the organic ones or go with conventional lettuce which at least has smooth cleanable surfaces.

I have done tests with tortoises and the parrot here with conventional and organic corn on the cob. None of them touched the conventional and ate all the organic corn.

Peapod sells red peppers two for $4.99. Not too bad.

I don't feel bad having conventional strawberries. I am looking forward to a time when they will be available more readily and I can have them more often. The way I look at it, any toxic elements are offset by the fiber and other elements that detoxify the body.

banana who Wrote:
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> I don't feel bad having conventional strawberries.
> I am looking forward to a time when they will be
> available more readily and I can have them more
> often. The way I look at it, any toxic elements
> are offset by the fiber and other elements that
> detoxify the body.


Fruit fiber can latch onto some toxins, like certain heavy metals, and carry them out of the body, but I don't think it's going to do much to offset pesticides and herbicides.

banana who

<<banana who Wrote:
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> I don't feel bad having conventional strawberries.
> I am looking forward to a time when they will be
> available more readily and I can have them more
> often. The way I look at it, any toxic elements
> are offset by the fiber and other elements that
> detoxify the body. smiling smiley


Fruit fiber can latch onto some toxins, like certain heavy metals, and carry them out of the body, but I don't think it's going to do much to offset pesticides and herbicides >>


bottom line:

banana who chooses to eat conventional strawberries
case closed

la_veronique Wrote:
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> banana who
>
> < I don't feel bad having conventional
> strawberries.
> > I am looking forward to a time when they will
> be
> > available more readily and I can have them more
> > often. The way I look at it, any toxic elements
> > are offset by the fiber and other elements that
> > detoxify the body. smiling smiley
>
>
> Fruit fiber can latch onto some toxins, like
> certain heavy metals, and carry them out of the
> body, but I don't think it's going to do much to
> offset pesticides and herbicides >>
>
>
> bottom line:
>
> banana who chooses to eat conventional
> strawberries
> case closed


True, but even so, it's worth posting for others to read.

la_veronique Wrote:
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> banana who
>
> < I don't feel bad having conventional
> strawberries.
> > I am looking forward to a time when they will
> be
> > available more readily and I can have them more
> > often. The way I look at it, any toxic elements
> > are offset by the fiber and other elements that
> > detoxify the body. smiling smiley
>
>
> Fruit fiber can latch onto some toxins, like
> certain heavy metals, and carry them out of the
> body, but I don't think it's going to do much to
> offset pesticides and herbicides >>
>
>
> bottom line:
>
> banana who chooses to eat conventional
> strawberries
> case closed

Oh don't get me wrong--if Whole Foods sells them for $2 or so, I'm there. But I just have a limit. Same with red peppers. 2 for $5 doesn't work for me. And I wonder about the little sweet peppers and if they also are included in the dirty dozen or not.

banana who


<<Oh don't get me wrong--if Whole Foods sells them for $2 or so, I'm there>>


banana

lemme know what u think of this video

[www.youtube.com]

its on growing organic strawberries ( from john kohler)

i might do this some time in the future ( looks fun! and yummy

hey does anyone else grow strawberries? i'm just curious if there are strawberry

connoisseurs out there who love them enough to grow em!

One workaround is to buy frozen strawberries rather than fresh, since pesticide residues have been found to be much lower. Organic for strawberries is of course always still best.

LaV, didn't see your post with the video. I intend to own property one day where I can grow berries and other fruits--maybe even figs!

One of the dirty dozen is bell peppers. I never think about that because I am more familiar with apples and pears.

I buy some organic and some conventional. The most common organic produce I buy are lettuce, carrots, raisins, and apples.

banana who

not sure how you missed the video if you read my post directed to you and cut n pasted the video below that

maybe your computer is taking a vacay or something

try again
its the john kohler video where he shows off the strawberries he grew
pretty cool

Sorry! Meant to say that I missed your post altogether. I will watch when I can. Thanks again.

I got sent to a yahoo page with a bunch of articles, one of which is saying high dose vaccines are good for you. I did not see an article about strawberries and pesticides. But yeah. Organic all the way. I am all for that.





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