The Juice Lady's Guide to Fasting by Cherie Calbom

Author:Cherie Calbom
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2016-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

Commercially farmed fruits and vegetables vary quite a bit in their levels of pesticide residue. Some vegetables, such as broccoli, asparagus, and onions, as well as foods with thicker peels, such as avocados, bananas, and lemons, have relatively low pesticide levels compared with other fruits and vegetables.13

On the other side of the coin, some vegetables and fruit don’t contain large amounts of pesticides; in fact, they are quite low. Each year the Environmental Working Group releases its list of the “Dirty Dozen” fruits and vegetables, which rates fruits and vegetables from worst to best (see list to follow). Eating the least-contaminated vegetables and fruits as found on the “Clean Fifteen” list (see list to follow) will expose a person to the least pesticides. You can check it out online at www.ewg.org. When the organic vegetables or fruits that you want are not available, ask your grocer to get them. You can also look for small-operation farmers in your area and check out farmers’ markets. Many small farms can’t afford to use as many chemicals in farming as large commercial farms use. Another option is to order organic produce by mail, online, or through a co-op.

Avoid the “Dirty Dozen”

If you can’t afford to purchase all organic produce, you can still avoid the worst pesticide-sprayed produce. The Environmental Working Group says you can cut your pesticide exposure by almost 90 percent simply by avoiding the top twelve conventionally grown fruits and vegetables that have been found to be the most contaminated. Studies have shown that eating the twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables will, on average, expose a person to about fourteen pesticides per day. Eating the twelve least-contaminated vegetables and fruits will expose a person to fewer than two pesticides per day.14

The produce is listed in order of the dirtiest first. This “Dirty Dozen”—plus two more—list changes each year, so to get the current ratings, visit www.ewg.org.

1. Strawberries

2. Apples

3. Nectarines

4. Peaches

5. Celery

6. Grapes

7. Cherries

8. Spinach

9. Tomatoes

10. Sweet bell peppers

11. Cherry tomatoes

12. Cucumbers

13. Hot peppers

14. Kale/collard greens15

Choose the “Clean Fifteen”

These fruits and vegetables are the least contaminated by pesticides; they are ranked from highest to least contaminated:

1. Avocados

2. Sweet corn

3. Pineapples

4. Cabbage

5. Sweet peas, frozen

6. Onions

7. Asparagus

8. Mangoes

9. Papayas

10. Kiwi

11. Eggplant

12. Honeydew melon

13. Grapefruit

14. Cantaloupe

15. Cauliflower16

According to the Environmental Working Group, “a small amount of sweet corn, papaya and summer squash sold in the United States is produced from GE [genetically engineered] seedstock. Buy organic varieties of these crops so you can avoid GE produce.”17

How will I get enough protein when I fast?

The only fast that may cause concern about not getting enough protein is a water fast. My juice-fast program offers amino acids but not complete protein. However, it is not something to worry about for short fasts of one week or less. You can always add protein powder and make protein shakes or green smoothies if you get especially weak.

With a juice fast many people get more nutrition than when they eat solid food. It is easier for the body to extract nutrients from liquids than to get the nutrients out of solid foods.

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