Monday, October 22, 2007

The Dirty Dozen & the Not as Dirty Dozen

Good info as collected from the worlds healthiest foods newsletter:

The Dirty Dozen
12 Most Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables


Food Pesticide Load
Peaches 100 (highest)
Apples 89
Sweet Bell Peppers 86
Celery 85
Nectarines 84
Strawberries 82
Cherries 75
Pears 65
Grapes (imported) 65
Spinach 60
Lettuce 59
Potatoes 58

12 Least Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables

Food Pesticide Load
Onions 1 (lowest)
Avodados 1
Pineapples 7
Mango 9
Asparagus 11
Sweet Peas 11
Kiwi 14
Bananas 16
Cabbage 17
Broccoli 18
Papaya 21

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am doing my best to commit this to memory right now! I looove the World's Healthiest Foods site.