{"id":10030,"date":"2025-05-19T22:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/?p=10030"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:35:07","slug":"health-tip-when-choosing-organic-food-matters-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/es\/2025\/05\/health-tip-when-choosing-organic-food-matters-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Tip: When Choosing Organic Food Matters Most"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Organic produce sales are surging in popularity with sales hitting 9.5 billion in 2024 according to the Organic Produce Network. Valued for the absence of artificial ingredients and pesticides, organic foods are not genetically modified, contain no synthetic pesticides, no Roundup (glyphosate) herbicides, do not contain ingredients laced with the residues from the neurotoxin Hexane, no sewage sludge (human waste contaminated with endocrine disruptors and heavy metals), no growth-promoting antibodies contributing to weight gain and antibiotic resistance, no Ractopamine drug residues, which are banned in Europe and dozens of other countries.<\/p>\n

It is no wonder the desire for organic foods is on the rise, and until MAHA can enact changes to elevate these dangers, we will need to figure our own strategies on how to<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0find high quality foods and<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0how to afford them in the face of higher food prices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Which foods are critical to purchase organic products? \u00a0Which foods are safe to consider non-organic options? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Each year the Environmental Working Group (EWG)<\/em><\/strong> publishes its Clean Fifteen<\/strong> and Dirty Dozen <\/strong>list of foods that test the highest and lowest for pesticides<\/em>. These rankings help us make better choices about which foods are worth paying a little extra for and buying organic and those that you can safely choose lower cost non-organic.<\/p>\n

    The EWG 2025 \u201cClean 15\u201d list of foods have specific characteristics that help protect them from pests and reduce the need for pesticide applications during farming. For example, onions contain sulfur that naturally repel insects, mushrooms have natural antimicrobial properties, and bitter substances in asparagus help deter pests. Other foods have structural characteristics that provide protection such as thick skins on melons and avocados, multiple layers of corn husks, hard rinds, dense leaf structure or simply being grown underground. Growing conditions and controlled environments also help reduce the need for pesticide use.<\/p>\n

    To compile this list, the EWG tested for more than 230 different pesticides across over 46,000 samples. One of the key findings this year was that over 98% of these samples showed virtually no pesticide residues, even under conventional farming methods. This demonstrates that not all produce needs to be organic for safe consumption.<\/p>\n

    Caution: All organic foods are non-GMO, but not all non-GMO foods are organic.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cClean Fifteen\u201d list contains foods low in pesticides<\/em> it also can contain genetically modified organisms, also known as GMO, which is a plant, animal or microorganism that has had its DNA altered using genetic engineering. For example, over 90% of corn grown in the USA is genetically modified.\u00a0 IF you have a preference for non-GMO foods, this is a reason to buy organic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    Environmental Working Group (EWG) 2025 <\/strong>Clean Fifteen list: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Avocados<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Pineapples<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Sweet Corn<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. Sweet Onions<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. Papaya<\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. Sweet Peas<\/strong><\/li>\n
    7. Asparagus<\/strong><\/li>\n
    8. Honeydew melons<\/strong><\/li>\n
    9. Kiwi<\/strong><\/li>\n
    10. Cabbage<\/strong><\/li>\n
    11. Mushrooms<\/strong><\/li>\n
    12. Cantaloupe<\/strong><\/li>\n
    13. Mangoes<\/strong><\/li>\n
    14. Sweet Potatoes<\/strong><\/li>\n
    15. Watermelon<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      ALERT: Environmental Working Group (EWG) 2025\u00a0 \u201cDirty Dozen:\u201d<\/strong>
      \nThese foods are typically heavily contaminated with pesticides that are hard or impossible to remove.\u00a0 These foods are important to buy organic:<\/p>\n

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      1. Strawberries<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Spinach<\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. Leafy Green Vegetables<\/strong><\/li>\n
      4. Nectarines<\/strong><\/li>\n
      5. Apples<\/strong><\/li>\n
      6. Grapes<\/strong><\/li>\n
      7. Bell Peppers<\/strong><\/li>\n
      8. Cherries<\/strong><\/li>\n
      9. Peaches<\/strong><\/li>\n
      10. Pears<\/strong><\/li>\n
      11. Celery<\/strong><\/li>\n
      12. Tomatoes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        It is important for all of us, regardless of age, to pay close attention to levels of pesticide exposure.\u00a0 For children, however, whose brains ser still developing, there are additional risks of these toxic exposures. Children\u2019s Health Defense reports that pesticides can affect children\u2019s brain development <\/u>in addition to physical metabolic health<\/em> in several ways<\/strong>:<\/p>\n