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Choose Organic Over Non-Organic
- As a general rule, organic foods are safer, and probably healthier, than conventional foods, for the simple fact that you're ingesting fewer toxins. A major benefit of organically grown foods really is the reduction in your toxic load.
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Swap CAFO Meats for Organic, Grass-Fed Meats
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If you can only afford to buy some foods organic, make it organic, grass-fed meats. This will cut down on your exposure to toxic pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics.
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Pass on Pasteurized Milk, and Opt for
Raw Organic Milk
- When cows are raised on dried grass or hay, opposed to fresh-growing grass, you end up with a whiter product, which is an indication of reduced carotenoid and antioxidant content.
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Swap Margarine for Organic Butter
(Preferably Raw)
- When made from grass-fed cows, butter is rich in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), known to help fight cancer and diabetes. It may even help you to lose weight, which cannot be said for its trans fat substitutes.
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Switch from CAFO to Organic Pastured Eggs
- Eggs are powerhouses of healthy nutrition, provided they're harvested from organically raised, free-range, pastured chickens. True free-range eggs are from hens that range freely outdoors on a pasture where they can forage for their natural diet, which includes seeds, green plants, insects, and worms.
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Ditch the Soda for Sparkling Water
- Excess sugar—primarily in the form of soda—has been unequivocally linked to obesity, diabetes, and related health problems. If you want a carbonated beverage, try sparkling mineral water with a squirt of lime or lemon juice instead.
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Swap Bottled Water for Pure Filtered Tap Water
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When it comes to water, your best bet is to filter your tap water. Bottled water is extremely detrimental to the environment, and can leach hormone-disrupting plastic chemicals into the water.