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Enjoy your very own "Organic" Must have food guide.

Organic Must Have Food Guide

Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories in the "Guide to Pesticides", the following twelve foods had the lowest pesticide load when conventionally grown. Consequently, they are the safest conventionally grown crops to consume:

12 Foods That You Dont Have to Buy Organic
Broccoli
Eggplant
Cabbage
Banana
Kiwi
Asparagus
Sweet peas (frozen)
Mango
Pineapple
Sweet corn (frozen)
Avocado
Onion
Sources: DrWeil.com July 30, 2008 FoodNews.org Printable Shopper’s Guide

What Should You Buy Organic?

Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories tested, these 12 fruits and vegetables had the highest pesticide load, making them the most important to buy or grow organic:

Peaches
Apples
Sweet bell peppers
Celery
Nectarines
Strawberries
Cherries
Lettuce
Grapes (imported)
Pears
Spinach
Potatoes

Strawberries were found to be highly toxic due to a poisonous blend of pesticides in a previous 2007 EU study as well. But be VERY careful as the list above is for fruits and vegetables. Non-organic meats have higher concentrations of pesticides than all of the fruits and vegetables. The highest concentration of pesticides is in non-organic butter. So if you can only buy one organic food item it should be butter. Next priority would be meats and once those are addressed, you will want to focus on the fruit and vegetable list above.