Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 There are likely pesticide residues in the non-organic juice products. Pesticides aren't listed on the ingredients label, but they're nonetheless present. However, the benefits of consuming these superfruits far outweighs the health effects of trace pesticide consumption, in my opinion, so from a personal perspective, you're still protecting your health with these juice products even if you consume some pesticide residues. For the record, I do not support pesticide use in agriculture and I believe that consumers should buy organic products whenever possible.
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Gabriel Cousens
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 A Swedish study in 1983 found that the milk of nursing mothers who regularly ate fatty fish from the Baltic Sea had higher levels of PCBs and pesticide residues than even meat-eaters. Lactovegetarians were found to have the lowest pesticide residues in this study.
Dairy Consumption
For everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 From the figures I've seen, fruit and fruit juice tend to be more highly contaminated with pesticide residues than other classes of foods. Children eat more fruit and drink by far more fruit juice than adults. From this source alone, they could very easily ingest toxic levels of pesticide residues."
The third aspect of treatment is nutritional supplementation. "For practically all children, we recommend a high-quality hypoallergenic multiple vitamin," Dr. Buttram says. "We use one by Klaire Labs, which makes vitamins separate from minerals. We don't recommend giving large doses. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Barnard warns that cow's milk contains many pesticide residues and that "Parents who unknowingly purchase chemical milk may be poisoning their children." Rather than recommend the obvious solution of fresh, clean milk—the kind that has nourished the Indian people for thousands of years—Dr. Barnard proposes soy milk as an alternative. He does not mention the fact that soy milk also contains pesticide residues, along with plant estrogens and other toxins.
One Indian doctor who was sold on the concept was the late Professor Dr. S. R. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Two member states raised concerns about the impact of glyphosate residues in the GM oilseed rape and the fact that no information on this issue had been provided by Monsanto. pesticide residues in food have the potential to cause health implications for consumers and so it is important to know what the likely level of these residues might be. However, the GMO Panel could not examine this issue because Monsanto simply refused to provide the data, stating that it had been provided under the 91/414 procedures for assessing pesticides. |
| Toxicologist Gilles-Eric Seralini called for labeling of animal products from GMO-fed animals "because pesticide residues associated [with] GMOs may bioaccumulate in the food chain, especially Roundup residues and adjuvants, and because animals may have metabolic disorders when they eat GMOs."67
The European Commission acknowledges that, "indirect environmental or human health effects that may arise from direct impacts on animal health or GM plant-induced imbalance in the animal interactions with the ecosystem is still largely an unexplored area. |
Ron Garner
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 Some examples are: as a cleaning agent; removing bacteria, fungi, and pesticide residues from fruit and vegetables; restoring acid balance to the skin after a bath or shower; as an insect repellent; as a natural antibiotic and antiseptic; and as an aid to digestion, acv does not need to be refrigerated. It can be added to raw salads and soups. One can add one or two teaspoons of acv to a glass of water along with a little unpasteurized honey as a drink first thing in the morning to cleanse the alimentary tract and to aid in the replenishment of nutrients. |
| Sherry Rogers, in her article "The Ultimate Solution to Disease," recommends the infrared sauna as the best way of removing heavy metals and pesticide residues from the body.19
All saunas provide health benefits and the regular use of one makes sense in our modern world where it is becoming difficult to avoid ingesting toxins that are now present in much of our food and air. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Soil depletion, food processing, chemical additives, pesticide residues, toxic emissions, stress, emotional trauma and the overuse of drugs all increase our need for additional micro-nutrients to ensure a healthy life.
This need for added nutrients is much greater today than it was in past generations. Today's crops tend to be grown on mineral-depleted soils using artificial fertilisers, then manufactured with an eye towards appearance and processed to have a long shelf-life.
During manufacture, many foods are refined to such a degree that most of their nutritional value is lost. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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Vjere are new pesticide residues and possibilities of accumulation of residues because ofthe pesticide tolerance." 54
—Gilles-Eric Seralini, toxicologist, University of Caen
1. FDA scientists warned that GM crops may concentrate toxins, such as heavy metals and herbicides, from the environment.
2. There is evidence of heavy metals in GM soybean oil.
3. FDA scientists also said that toxins in GM feed might concentrate in milk or meat.
4. GM DNA fragments were found in milk.
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Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 Sources of Toxins
We are exposed to toxins every day of our lives, in air and water pollution, chemical and pesticide residues, mercury amalgam dental fillings, biological contaminants such as pollen and parasites, and genetically altered foods, among other sources. Even our own bodies can produce toxins, called endotoxins, which can be harmful if their numbers become excessive or if they aren't adequately neutralized.
Environmental Pollution
Toxins emanate from a variety of sources, but chiefly from environmental pollution. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Pears are among the twelve foods on which pesticide residues have been most frequently found, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2003 report, "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce." You might want to be sure to wash them in a strong vegetable wash, or buy organic.
Persimmons
Here's an interesting little factoid about persimmons that you might not know (assuming you knew anything about them in the first place, which not a lot of people do!). The original "energy bar," used by explorers and Native Americans, was something called pemmican. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 This less healthy form of fat is also likely to contain hormones, antibiotics, and pesticide residues from animals raised on factory farms. You can reduce your exposure to these chemicals—some of which are known causes of cancer—by shopping for organic meats from grass-fed cattle. (Organic, grass-fed meat is also less likely to carry mad cow disease.) Eat the leanest cuts possible. Skinless chicken and turkey are better sources of protein as they contain little saturated fat.
Eliminate trans-fatty acids from your diet. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 Fruits and vegetables contain pesticide residues that cause cancer. False. pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables are present in trace amounts and no study has ever established a link between these residues and cancer. The opposite is true: the consumption of fruits and vegetables has constantly been linked to a decrease in the risk of developing cancer, and there is no doubt that the benefits associated with an increased intake of these foods exceed many times over any hypothetical negative effects that trace amounts of contaminants might cause. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| However, the benefits of consuming these superfruits far outweighs the health effects of trace pesticide consumption, in my opinion, so from a personal perspective, you're still protecting your health with these juice products even if you consume some pesticide residues. For the record, I do not support pesticide use in agriculture and I believe that consumers should buy organic products whenever possible.
4. Some of the healthiest products taste the most bitter. The best-tasting products likely use filler juices such as apple juice and grape juice (which tastes sugary!). |
| But even non-organic superfruits are very good for your health, and in my opinion, the health benefits of the natural fruit juices far outweighs the cancer risk of pesticide residues.
#4: Why do you call apple juice and grape juice "junk juices?"
Many superfruit juice products that claim "pomegranate" or "blueberry" on the front label are actually made mostly with cheaper juices such as grape and apple. These are fillers juices that have very little nutritional value compared to pomegranate, blueberry, acai and others.
#5: Are juices made from concentrate as good as juices made fresh?
No! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Recent examples include issuing a joint statement with the Chlorine Institute justifying the continued global use of persistent organochlorine pesticides, and also supporting the industry in trivializing dietary pesticide residues as avoidable risks of childhood cancer. ACS policies are further exemplified by allocating under 0.1 percent of its $700 million annual budget to environmental and occupational causes of cancer."
You can read the incredible history of the ACS's opposition to regulation of toxic chemicals here: http://www.preventcancer.com/losing/acs/rejects_regulation. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 On top of these three chemical additives, processed meats also contain saturated animal fat that is often contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, pesticide residues and other dangerous substances.
You can learn more about dangerous chemicals in the food supply in my book, Grocery Warning, available from Truth Publishing.
Or you can download my free Honest Food Guide from www.HonestFoodGuide.org which reveals the true health dangers of numerous chemicals added to processed foods. The Honest Food Guide has now been downloaded by over one million people. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Regulatory battles are ongoing or looming on the horizon over issues that range from limiting pesticide residues to controlling greenhouse air pollution emissions to reining in diesel truck exhaust (in regard to which the European Union is even more reluctant to take action than the United States is) to banning persistent chemicals such as bromine-containing flame retardants.18 Detailing each and every one of these examples is not necessary. The general principles that have been elucidated in this book are also applicable to these issues. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 And there have been many cases of foods labeled "organic" that test positive for pesticide residues. Reasons for this are pretty logical: soils used to grow organic foods may have been exposed to pesticides in the past that loiter in the ground; and nearby "conventional farming" plots (i.e., lands that use pesticides) share their pesticides when the winds blow. Of course, there's always the mislabeling explanation. A worker packaging lettuce for shipping may accidentally label a box "organic" when in fact it came from the side of the farm that liberally sprays pesticides. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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| From this source alone, they could very easily ingest toxic levels of pesticide residues."
The third aspect of treatment is nutritional supplementation. "For practically all children, we recommend a high-quality hypoallergenic multiple vitamin," Dr. Buttram says. "We use one by Klaire Labs, which makes vitamins separate from minerals. We don't recommend giving large doses. We offer other nutritional supplements in special situations. When Candida is present from antibiotic overuse, lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidus are given. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| Lactovegetarians were found to have the lowest pesticide residues in this study.
Dairy Consumption
For everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
HEBREWS 5:13-14
Children with diabetic genetic tendencies who drink cow's milk have an 11-13 times higher rate of juvenile diabetes than children who are breastfed by their own mothers for at least three months. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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| Among the environmental contaminants at play when children have learning or behavior problems are insecticide and pesticide residues in our food and water and metal contamination, especially aluminum or lead toxicity. A holistic pediatrician in Florida says the lead toxicity he finds in children comes not from paint in older homes, but from piping and solder through which lead leaks into the water itself. Indoor air pollution, food allergies and repeated use of antibiotics, which promotes the overgrowth of yeast and leads to Candida, are among the causes of this."
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Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| This includes household pesticide residues and cleaning agents—even if they were not originally applied to the carpet.
When reflooring, consider natural-fiber carpeting that is manufactured without additives and that does not have the formaldehyde and other chemicals (examples include wool, hemp, cotton, or jute). Organic carpeting is getting easier to find. A better choice for flooring would be ceramic tile, wood, or other noncarpet materials free of most of the chemicals found in carpeting and carpet cleaners. Washable throw rugs are also a good choice, and can be easier to clean. |
| In the United States a mixture of pesticide residues are detected in the blood and urine of nearly 100 percent of all persons sampled. (For more about pesticides, refer to Appendix A.)
As absurd as this may sound, companies are not legally required to list all of their ingredients due to trade secrecy laws. In fact, up to 99 percent of ingredients in any product can be withheld from a label if they are categorized as "inert" or "other"—even if they are toxic, pollutants, and hazardous to human health. |
Hyla Cass
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| This less healthy form of fat is also likely to contain hormones, antibiotics, and pesticide residues from animals raised on factory farms. You can reduce your exposure to these chemicals—some of which are known causes of cancer—by shopping for organic meats from grass-fed cattle. (Organic, grass-fed meat is also less likely to carry mad cow disease.) Eat the leanest cuts possible. Skinless chicken and turkey are better sources of protein as they contain little saturated fat.
Eliminate trans-fatty acids from your diet. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| And flesh foods, such as fish or chicken, which are higher up on the food chain, contain fifteen times as many pesticide residues as commercial fruits and vegetables.
From a practical point of view, eating fish is potentially dangerous because of the widespread, ever-increasing pollution of the waters of the world. The biggest water contaminants are PCBs and mercury. PCBs, along with dioxin, DDT, and dieldrin, are among the most toxic chemicals on the planet. |
KC Craichy
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 According to the EPA, 60 percent of herbicides, 90 percent of fungicides, and 30 percent of insecticides are known to be carcinogenic. pesticide residues have been detected in 50 to 90 percent of U.S. foods, increasing our risk for cancer, Parkinson's disease, miscarriage, birth defects, nerve damage, and more.5
The FDA, USDA, the World Health Organization, and the USEPA all assert that our food supply is the safest in the world. No need to worry, right? Wrong! Consider reading Lynn Lawson's research in her book Staying Well in a Toxic World. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 Avoiding contact with pesticides and pesticide residues may be an important preventive measure for Parkinson's and other diseases. Interestingly, consumption of the fat substitute olestra appears to increase elimination of certain organochlorine pesticides in the feces.11'12 However, no scientific studies have tested olestra as a possible treatment or preventive measure against Parkinson's disease. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Finally, since tomatoes are among the foods on which pesticide residues have been most frequently found, we recommend choosing tomatoes that have been grown organically.
Turnips and Turnip Greens
The turnip (Brassica rapa rapifeera) is a member of the cruciferous vegetable family, which also includes cabbage and broccoli. Both the root and the greens of turnips are edible. Turnip greens are smaller and tenderer than their cousin collards, and they have a slightly bitter flavor.
Rutabagas, which are similar to turnips, are actually a cross between turnips and kale. |
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