Not Your Grandma's Tomato Part 2 - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

I'd like to share an article written
by David Uri LeBaron,
pioneer and innovator of live, whole food-based nutrition.

"THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S TOMATO! - Part II"

"After more than 30 years of 'hands-on' organic farming
and continuous nutritional research, let me explain why...

this is NOT your grandmother's tomato!

We ended Part I of this article with the question:

Why such poor nutritional content in our produce today?

The main culprit is "modern agriculture." Today, most farmers and big food conglomerates use any eans to squeeze as much produce out of an acre of land as they can. Chemical fertilizers. Herbicides. Manipulation of soil and seeds. Genetic engineering. Pesticides. And they've violated time-honored holistic farming methods such as crop rotation and natural pest control and fertilization.

So, over time, our soil gets stripped of nutrients, minerals, and living organisms. No wonder most fruits and vegetables in America are nutritionally deficient.

As I'll explain, The Feast addresses this problem head on. How? With a proprietary drying system that locks in the nutritional content of organic and naturally-grown fruits and vegetables without synthetic vitamins, pasteurization, and preservatives.

The result? You get a vast spectrum of naturally occurring live whole food-based vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and antioxidants your body needs and deserves.

Still, there another reason why you can't rely on today's common fruits and vegetables to give you real nutrition like you could in the past.

SOME OF OUR MOST TRUSTED FOOD SOURCES MAY BE "TAINTED"

Today, our typical food sources, especially fruits and vegetables, are sprayed with synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and chemicals on a regular basis. Just consider these eye-opening facts...

* Pesticide use in agriculture and for home and industrial purposes has increased a whopping 50 percent within just the past three decades.

* Vegetables such as corn, lettuce, and potatoes absorb antibiotics when they're grown in soil spread with manure containing antibiotics.

* Since World War II, more than 80,000 synthetic chemicals have been created and released into the environment, as many as 1,500 new ones each year! These chemicals, even after they're banned, can last a long time in the environment. For example, DDT was banned over 30 years ago, but it can still be found in the breast milk of women all over the world. And DDT can make its way back into our food supply through foods imported from countries where this pesticide is still used.

*High levels of nutrient pollution used in farming and ranching activities are found in lakes and streams. Is it any wonder there are populations of frogs living in these waters with deformities?

Is it any wonder that according to a recent study, 70 percent of consumers buy organic foods to avoid pesticides.

But as I'll explain later, The Feast takes all the worry out of the quality and purity of fruits and vegetables. You get the finest quality organic and naturally grown produce free of pesticides and toxins - in a unique, easy to take, delicious form that you'll love.

If that's not enough, even...

"NATURAL" JUICES AND ENERGY DRINKS ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK

Still other folks hope to get some or most of the fruits and vegetables they need from so-called "natural" juices. Not so fast!

Did you know that 98 percent of liquid nutritional products on the market are pasteurized? PASTEURIZATION uses high heat to kill bacteria and harmful microorganisms, but at the same time substantially alters or deactivates the majority of good, naturally occurring "live" nutrients and enzymes!

What's more, many of these so-called "natural" juices contain ingredients from "juice concentrates" or "puree concentrates" using heat or a vacuum, which also denatures the nutritional integrity of a fruit or berry. And some of these juices contain ONLY TEN PERCENT OR LESS of the actual key ingredient promised on the label.

What about hot selling ENERGY DRINKS?

The truth is most of them are absolutely loaded with high fructose corn syrup and synthetic caffeine - and there's not much "natural" about these ingredients.

SPECIAL WARNING: A new study at Wayne State University reveals that healthy adults who drank two energy drinks a day saw blood pressure and heart rate levels increase.

As you're about to see, The Feast retains a high content of naturally occurring live nutrients found in fresh produce - giving you whole food-based nutrition unlike any so-called "healthy' super juice or green food drink that I've ever seen.

How is that possible? Let me explain, starting with a little known story that began more than 25 years ago...

NOTE: I will continue this article in PART 3 in a few days.

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Top 12 Organic Foods - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

THE DIRTY DOZEN: TOP 12 FOODS TO EAT ORGANIC

I found this article on the top 12 foods to eat organic on the Daily Green website.

www.thedailygreen.com

"Not all of us can afford to go 100% organic. The solution? Focus on just those foods that are laden with the highest amounts of pesticides, chemicals, additives and hormones and deploy your organic spending power on buying organic versions of these whenever possible. Can't find organic versions of these foods? We've listed safer alternatives that contain the same valuable vitamins and minerals.

1. Beef - According to the Environmental Protection Agency, "meat contains higher levels of pesticides than any of the plant foods." Similar to milk and milk-based dairy products, many chemical pesticides end up in the animal, which end up in you.

2. Milk - The fat in dairy products is another haven for pesticides and chemicals. They also concentrate in the fatty tissues of animals, which gets passed on to you through their milk. Antibiotics and bovine growth hormones are another concern and found in commercial milk, cheese and butter. Organic dairies do not use antibiotics or growth hormones like rGBH or rbST.

3. Coffee - Many of the beans you buy are grown in countries that don't regulate use of chemicals and pesticides. Look for the Fair Trade Certified label on the coffee package or can; it will give you some assurance that chemicals and pesticides were not used on the plants. It will also mean that fair prices were paid for the end product in support of the farm and that farm workers are treated fairly.

4. Peaches - Forty-five different pesticides are regularly applied to these delicately skinned fruits in conventional orchards. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Watermelon, tangerines, oranges and grapefruit.

5. Apples - Scrubbing and peeling doesn't eliminate chemical residue completely so it's best to buy organic when it comes to apples. Peeling a fruit or vegetable also strips away many of their beneficial nutrients. Organic apples taste sweeter than conventionally grown, too. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Watermelon, bananas and tangerines.

6. Sweet Bell Peppers - Peppers have thin skins that don't offer much of a barrier to pesticides. They're one of te most heavily sprayed vegetables out there and victim to thirty-nine pesticides commonly use to keep them insect-free. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Green peas, broccoli and cabbage.

7. Celery - Celery has no protective skin, which makes it almost impossible to wash off the twenty-nine different chemicals that are used on conventional crops. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Broccoli, radishes and onions.

8. Strawberries - On average, strawberries receive a dose of up to 500 pounds of pesticides per acre. If you buy strawberries out of season, they're most likely imported from countries that use less-stringent regulations for pesticide use. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Blueberries, kiwi and pineapples.

9. Lettuces - Leafy greens are frequently contaminated with want are considered the most potent pesticides used on food. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.

10. Grapes - Imported grapes run a much greater risk of contamination than those grown domestically. Vineyards can be sprayed with thirty-five different pesticides during different growth periods of the grape and no amount of washing or peeling will eliminate contamination because of the grape's permeable thin skin. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Blueberries, kiwi and raspberries.

11. Potatoes - America's popular spud ranks hight for pesticide residue. It also gets the double whammy of fungicides added to the soil for growing. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Eggplant, cabbage and earthy mushrooms.

12. Tomatoes - The standard regimen of pesticides used on conventionally raised tomatoes are thirty. Their easily punctured skins are no match for chemicals that will eventually permeate the whole tomato. Can't find organic? Safe alternatives: Green peas, broccoli and asparagus.

If the cost of buying all organics isn't within your budget, fear not. Check out The Daily Green's top ten list of fruit and vegetables you don't need to buy organic, with tips for buying and how to clean, store and use them in delicious recipes."

Thank you so much for visiting my health and nutrition blog. Please check back often for my most recent postings on good nutrition and on eating healthy, and consider adding my RSS FEED so that you can be kept up to date on all of these health and nutrition articles. As a defender of your health, I am dedicated to providing you with the Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy. I'm also devoted to encouraging you to eat 5-9 servings of fresh organic fruits and vegetables every day, and the next best way to do that is by drinking the Feast, by Uri International, which is a live whole food based InstaFresh juice powder drink by Yuri.

For more information, click here:
Unlocking the Secret Code to Instant Real Nutrition! www.LiveSuperJuice.com

May God bless you with health, longevity, and prosperity,
Josiah Friberg, Husband, Father, and the Naked Nutrition Knight

Eating Organic Foods Is a Key to Eating Healthy and a Tip to Good Nutrition

Daily Quote: "Healthy organic foods have abundance of potential life energy to give you!" - Paul Bragg

I'd like to give you another KEY to eating healthy: ORGANIC FOODS. This tip to good nutrition will greatly benefit your health & the ecology.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO EAT CERTIFIED ORGANIC FOODS?

In order to answer this question, we need answer another question first:

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE?

In the late 40's, farming changed radically in North America. Toxic chemicals aimed at killing pests (pesticides) and weeds (herbicides) became widely available to farmers as did synthetic chemical fertilizers. This new chemical farming technology was revolutionary.

Pests and weeds were virtually eradicated. Crop yields soared - per acre corn yields rose from 26 bushels in 1926 to 127 bushels in 1996. Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals were subsequently poured onto North American fields. But no long term testing had ever been conducted on this new technology. Very quickly things started to go wrong.

Both insects and weeds developed resistance to the chemicals. Ever more powerful toxins were needed. Many of these new agri-toxins were indiscriminate, killing everything they touched including the soil. By the late 80's, chemical farming was being seen in a different light.

Despite the fact that pesticide use in the United States increased 1000% between 1945 and 1989, crop loss almost doubled from 7% to 13%. Data from over 68,000 groundwater wells in 45 states indicate pesticides in more than 16,000 of them. U.S. Geological survey data released in 1998 revealed nearly all streams they studied contained at least one pesticide, the result of agricultural run-off from farm fields. Testing of foods eaten by consumers routinely shows pesticide residues. Even the U.S. Congress is now concerned about the impact of the 9,700 approved agricultural toxins on the nation's children after the National Research Council concluded in 1993 that "some children were ingesting enough pesticides to harm them, even though their food was within Federal limits." The Food Quality Protection Act was passed in 1996 to reassess the standards for pesticides in food. But we suggest you not wait for the reassessment. You have options.

WHAT'S RIGHT WITH ORGANIC AGRICULTURE?

Organic farmers replace toxic chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers with different agricultural methods that improve soil fertility and biological diversity. They control weeds and insects with time-proven techniques such as crop rotation, cultivation, mulching, manure spreading, and the encouragement of "beneficials" - predator insects that keep pests in check. These methods radically change the farm environment, producing a dramatic drop in poisonous run-off and an equally dramatic improvement in the soil ecology. Organic farms routinely see less soil erosion and more variety of animal species and micro-organisms in their fields.

Similarly, certified organic food processors (such as Nature's Path) avoid many techniques of conventional manufacturing. No preservatives or additives that would degrade the quality of the organic crop are used. Organic and conventional ingredients are not mixed. Organic raw materials must be specially handled to prevent contamination from bacteria, myco-toxins, and industrial chemicals. No irradiated ingredients are allowed. From farm gate to factory door, organic food adds up to a better product.

IS ORGANIC FOOD HEALTHIER?

Organic food is based on an AGRICULTURAL GROWING METHOD and was never intended to be a health claim. But since organic farmers don't use agri-toxins, many credible studies have pointed to health and quality implications. In a landmark 1999 study of USDA pesticide residue data in produce, Consumer Reports found "organic foods had consistently minimal or non-existent pesticide residue" when compared to conventional produce.

Recently, the United Nation's Food and Health Organization reported that "organically produced foods have lower levels of pesticide and veterinary drug residues and, in many cases, lower nitrate contents....In addition, the 'organic' label provides assurance to consumers that no food ingredient has been subject to IRRADIATION."

WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT CERTIFIED ORGANIC GOODNESS?

A. Good Food

1. No synthetic pesticides
2. No synthetic herbicides
3. No preservatives or additives
4. No genetically engineered seeds or ingredients
5. No irradiation

B. Good Ecology

1. Enriched, drought resistant soil
2. Less soil erosion
3. Less groundwater pollution
4. Improved farm biodiversity

The above information was provided by Nature's Path Foods of Blaine, Washington, which is a producer of high-quality organic breakfast cereals.