Go Organic - Be Pesticide Free in less than a Week!

Do you need another reason to go organic? Organic food is better tasting, it's grown without pesticides and hormones, and organic farmers contribute to a cleaner and healthier environment. Well, what if you could eliminate pesticides from your body or better yet, your kids' bodies in less than a week, just by switching to organic foods???! Yes, you can, it's that easy (a bit more expensive but easy).

Organic is becoming more accessible these days. Even questionable healthy convenience foods like box macaroni & cheese are now available in organic versions (Annie's and Kraft). Does the fact that it's organic make them better for you? I would say yes - if you are going to eat boxed macaroni & cheese, then eating an organic version IS better for you.

Recent research with children who switched their diets to organic foods, within 3-5 days the pesticides in their body plummeted to undetectable levels.

The research was done with kids aged 3 to 11, had metabolites or evidence of pesticides in their urine at the study's start. But as soon as they began eating organic foods, the concentration of metabolites dropped to essentially zero. Once they returned to their conventional diet, the pesticides levels bounced back up.

Do pesticides affect our health? Researchers are studying whether conditions like attention deficit disorder, lowered IQs, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease can be linked to early exposure to pesticides. Children are most vulnerable to pesticides from formation of the fetus up to 2 years of age.

It doesn't mean you have to buy everything organic - take a look at this excellent guide you can cut out and put in your wallet.

The worst foods starting with the highest concentration of pesticides: peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, lettuce, grapes, pears, spinach and potatoes. If you are data hungry for organic, check out the full test report.

It's funny what knowledge does. It makes it easy to pass up the fresh peaches or apples knowing they are not organic. I may have to look harder to find organic grapes and strawberries, but it's worth it. Knowledge is power. If I can keep my kids free of pesticides and lower/eliminate the risks of ADD and other illnesses - it's worth it! They are worth it.