I'm reading a book right now called “Diet for a Poisoned Planet” by David Steinman. He lists a bunch of foods and categorizes them in a color coded way… green is the safest… food you can enjoy most of the time and is relatively clean, yellow is food that's ok some of the time and red is the most toxic food you should avoid most of the time (all of the time if you are serious!) The testing is done with conventional food.


One general rule about poisons in our food: Toxins accumulate up the food chain. They also tend to be found in higher doses in food with lots of fat. Makes sense, since toxins are sequestered in fat. Therefore, meat and dairy that is highest in fat is most dangerous.


Top 20 Toxic foods:

(these are not in order from most toxic… these are just foods that we should most avoid since they are in the red category- meaning they contain a high amount of industrial chemical and pesticide residues and/or they contain the most toxic, carcinogenic or poisonous types of these chemicals) :

Bacon, Hot dogs, Ground beef , Veal, Raisins, Peanuts, Frozen Pizza, Frozen French Fries, Fresh water fish (especially from the Great Lakes), Whole Milk, ICe Cream, Cheese, Butter, Processed Cheese, Chocolate Cake, Milk Chocolate, Dill Pickles, Peanut Butter, Potato chips, whiskey.


If you are going to partake in such foods…. make sure they are ORGANIC. There were no vegetables or grains listed in the red category (that should give you a hint about the benefits of eating vegan foods regularly instead of processed food, meat and dairy which are most toxic.)


I included whiskey in the list because… even though Steinman didn't want to break down different alcohols into a red, yellow, green category ( he didn't want to promote any alcohol as safe)… Whiskey, along with many different liquers and wines were shown as very, very toxic!


If you want to know more info…. get this book. “Diet for a Poisoned Planet” by David Steinmen. It's a must have for everyone who wants to prevent disease and live a good, healthy life. Not only will you be better equipped to avoid toxins… by avoiding them you will be sending a message, as consumers, that you don't want toxins in your food… or your environment!


It is our responsibility to protect ourselves and our families from toxic chemicals… THe Government won't do it!!! For some reason, our government just can't prioritize when it comes to choosing between losing money or the greater health of our people… even when the long term costs are greater and the short term savings are small in conparison to the bigger problems that lie ahead.


Hope you all find this interesting,


Sierra