Organic or Not?

Try to get as much organic food as you can? Well, not every one can afford the high cost of organic food, for some others it's a matter of accessibility. Personally I consider myself a 'moderate organic food lover,' I buy organic food whenever I can, but sometime the price tag of organic food just scared me away.

Why is organic food better? Organically grown food is more nutritious than food produced using synthetic chemicals.

• 63% higher in calcium
• 73% higher in iron
• 118% higher in magnesium
• 29% lower in mercury

If you can only choose to go organic for certain amount of food, this is the list you cannot miss! I just learn it from today's continuing study session. (provided by Jennifer Metz, MPH)

1. celery
2. peaches
3. strawberries
4. apples
5. blueberries
6. nectarines
7. bell peppers
8. spinach
9. kale/collard greens
10. cherries
11. potatoes
12. grapes (imported)   

listed in descending order, starting with greatest levels of pesticide

Meanwhile, there are foods that you can just ignore their organic labels and save your self a bunch at the counter. Here is the list of food with least contamination and doesn't matter if you eat them organic or not

1. onions
2. avocados
3. frozen sweet corn
4. pineapple
5. mangoes 
6. frozen sweet peas
7. asparagus
8. kiwis
9. cabbage
10. eggplant
11. cantaloupe
12. watermelon
13. grapefruit
14. sweet potatoes
15. honeydew melon

listed in ascending order, starting with lowest levels of pesticide contamination

慎選有機食物

有機食物比較健康是不爭的事實，但是不見得每個人都能負擔得起，而且也不一定能順手可得。如果只能選擇吃某些有機會物，那麼以下這十二種食物遭農藥污染的比例最高，最好選擇有機的來食用：

1. 芹菜
2. 桃子
3. 草莓
4. 蘋果
5. 藍莓
6. 油桃
7. 燈籠椒
8. 菠菜
9. 羽衣甘藍
10. 櫻桃
11. 馬玲薯
12. 葡萄（國外進口） 

以上食物按受農藥污染程度最多順序排列

相對，有些食物則不必非吃有機的不可，因此可以省一點錢，購買一般栽種的即可。

1. 洋蔥
2. 牛油果
3. 冷凍玉米
4. 鳳梨
5. 芒果
6. 冷凍毛豆
7. 蘆荀
8. 奇異果
9. 高麗菜
10. 茄子
11. 哈密瓜
12. 西瓜
13. 柚子
14. 紅薯
15. 蜜瓜

以上食物按受農藥污染程度最少順序排列