Mary Crimmins

It’s no surprise that conventional produce is often laden with chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. So, how do you know which foods contain the most toxins? The Environmental Working Group publishes their results on this exact testing every year, and just released the results this week. If you aren’t able to purchase everything organic and/or local (which I [...]

I feel so lucky that diabetes does not run in my family, but I know that for a lot of Americans they aren’t so lucky. Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases plaguing our modern world. I can’t help but put a lot of stock in the fact that it has got to be what we [...]

You may already know that conventional strawberries fall into the Dirty Dozen list of conventional foods that you should avoid. This is because strawberries are sprayed with massive amounts of chemicals. Washing doesn’t help very much because  the surface of strawberries with the seeds creates small crater like areas for the chemicals to reside in. The result, [...]

**This is a Guest Post that I wrote for HalogenTV.com – Check it out! Everyone knows that eating more fruits and vegetables will help you fight disease, feel more energetic, and boost your immunity. But, not all fruit and vegetables are created equal. When buying produce from the grocery store you basically have two choices: organic or [...]