Final Thoughts on the 2016 Dirty Dozen List<\/strong><\/p>\n

This list should in no way deter you from eating fruits and vegetables. However, it does highlight the dangers of modern chemical farming. Using chemicals to fumigate the soil and kill weeds and bugs has some unwanted side effects, including killing soil health and beneficial microbes.<\/p>\n

Pesticides are linked to dozens of health problems, including certain cancers, ADHD, autism, Parkinson\u2019s and a whole host of other issues.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t veggie wash or peel our way out of the problem, since many toxic pesticides are systemic and actually become part of produce. Choose organic whenever possible \u2014 organic food is growth without the use of toxic chemical fertilizers and pesticides, human sewage sludge and GMO seeds.<\/p>\n

To keep costs down, look for organic foods in season at your local farmer\u2019s market, or try starting a small vegetable garden of your own. Even large grocery\u00a0store\u00a0chains\u00a0are expanding contracts with organic farmers to help meet demand for chemical-free food, meaning your organic options should continue to grow.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2016 Dirty Dozen List Here it is the list that helps you use your food $ to go toward filling your stomach and increasing your health.\u00a0 See you at the local farmers markets this year! Environmental Working Group (EWG) uses the latest pesticide residue data from government testing to create a list of fruits and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[23,30,31,39,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-chiropractic-bend-oregon","7":"category-food-additives","8":"category-healthy-foods","9":"category-migraines-and-headaches","10":"category-what-is-health","11":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p407yE-1aF9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279320,"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279319\/revisions\/279320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiropractorbend.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}