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David Steinman grew up eating fish he and his
family caught in Santa Monica Bay, California. Much later, as a
journalist, he learned that all fish in that bay were polluted with
industrial chemicals, and portions of the bay became federal superfund
sites. In 1990, using information he gained from federal agencies,
Steinman wrote Diet
for a Poisoned Planet,
the result of years of research studying the food America buys in our
supermarkets. He updated the book in 2007.
Steinman tells us how to
avoid consuming the poisons which fill many of our foods. Those which
are highest on dangerous chemicals contain animal fats.
“The low toxin,
high-energy diet is high in plant foods, and low in fatty meats and
dairy foods. By eating lots of fruits, vegetables and grains, cutting
down on meat and dairy foods, and learning to pick the safest,
lowest-in-chemical-toxin-foods in all food groups, you can cut down the
amount of pesticides and other dangerous chemicals in your diet." His
book is full of lists, charts and tables which help us find safe
foods.
Foods with
no detectable pesticide residues
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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