1/. Eat Real Food. Avoid highly processed, factory-manufactured “Frankenfoods” (genetically modified foods)*.Choose fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, and lean animal protein such as fish, chicken, and eggs.
2/.Clean Up Your Diet. Look for animal products that are pasture-raised, grass-fed, and antibiotic, hormone, and pesticide free. Go on a low mercury diet by sticking with small, wild, or sustainably farmed fish.
3/. Go Organic> Pesticides and chemical fertilizers poison your metabolism, your thyroid, your sex hormones, and our planet. Buy as much organic food as your budget allows. Refer to the “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” lists at http://www.ewg.org
4/. Stay Local. Seasonal, local foods you find at farmers’ markets or community-supported agriculture projects (CSAs) are healthier, taste better, are typically sustainably grown, and help you recognize the intimate relationship between the ecosystem of your body, and the broader ecosystem in which we all live.
It is possible to heal our planet and our health in one step. What you put on the end of your fork has a broad impact on agriculture, energy consumption, the environment, politics, the economy and your biology.
• Current genetically modified foods are:
Soy, corn, cottonseed, Hawaiian papaya, crookneck squash, zucchini, canola oil, sugar (from sugar beets)
Buying certified organic produce and products avoids the risk of consuming genetically modified foods and ingredients.
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