06/13/2025
🌿 The 2024 Dirty Dozen List is Out! 🌿
These are the top 12 fruits & veggies with the highest levels of pesticide residues, even after washing. 😬 If you can only buy some things organic, start with these.
📌 Ranked from highest to lower pesticide residue:
1. 🍓 Strawberries
2. 🍑 Peaches
3. 🍎 Apples
4. 🍇 Grapes
5. 🌶️ Bell & Hot Peppers
6. 🍒 Cherries
7. 🍐 Pears
8. 🍓 Nectarines
9. 🌱 Spinach
10. 🥬 Kale, Collard & Mustard Greens
11. 🫐 Blueberries
12. 🥕 Carrots
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🧪 What is the Dirty Dozen?
Each year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) tests thousands of produce samples for pesticide residues. The Dirty Dozen highlights the most contaminated. These chemicals have been linked to hormone disruption, fertility issues, gut imbalance, and more.
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💡 What Can You Do?
✅ Buy organic when possible (especially these 12)
✅ Wash produce with vinegar + baking soda
✅ Support local farms and farmers’ markets
✅ Eat a rainbow — and eat clean
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Your food should nourish and heal you — not harm you. 🌈🌱
Have questions about detoxing from pesticides or how to support your liver and gut naturally? Message me!