{"id":17339,"date":"2012-10-16T14:10:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=17339"},"modified":"2014-10-29T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:52:34","slug":"when-should-you-buy-organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/when-should-you-buy-organic\/","title":{"rendered":"When Should You Buy Organic Produce?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17342\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/when-should-you-buy-organic\/organic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17342\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17342\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/organic-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/organic.org\/home\/faq\">USDA National Organic Program<\/a>, organic food is &#8220;grown without the use of pesticides, fertilizers, radiation, and are not genetically modified.&#8221; Whether it is necessary to buy organic food has been an ongoing question and really comes down to a personal decision. But since organic produce can put a bit of a dent into your wallet, we thought we&#8217;d introduce you to the &#8220;dirty dozen&#8221; and also share which foods are the least effected by either growing process. If you&#8217;re going to spend your hard-earned cash on organic food, you&#8217;ll know where to make the wisest investment.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organic.org\/articles\/showarticle\/article-214\">organic.org<\/a>, here are the <strong>12 most\u00a0contaminated\u00a0foods<\/strong> that you\u00a0<em>should<\/em> buy organic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peaches<\/li>\n<li>Apples<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Bell Peppers<\/li>\n<li>Celery<\/li>\n<li>Nectarines<\/li>\n<li>Strawberries<\/li>\n<li>Cherries<\/li>\n<li>Pears<\/li>\n<li>Grapes<\/li>\n<li>Spinach<\/li>\n<li>Lettuce<\/li>\n<li>Potatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12 least contaminated foods<\/strong> which don&#8217;t require you to buy organic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Onions<\/li>\n<li>Avocado<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Corn<\/li>\n<li>Pineapples<\/li>\n<li>Mango<\/li>\n<li>Asparagus<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Peas<\/li>\n<li>Kiwi<\/li>\n<li>Bananas<\/li>\n<li>Cabbage<\/li>\n<li>Broccoli<\/li>\n<li>Papaya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.organic.org\/articles\/showarticle\/article-214\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you buy organic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your opinion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Fitzness\/218599521492381?ref=hl\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebookButton922.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eZdJddWBFQA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the USDA National Organic Program, organic food is &#8220;grown without the use of pesticides, fertilizers, radiation, and are not genetically modified.&#8221; Whether it is necessary to buy organic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[1050,1075,1272,1279,1907,5080],"class_list":{"0":"post-17339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-achieving-ultimate-fitzness","7":"category-fit-food-and-recipes","8":"tag-fitzness","9":"tag-food","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthy","12":"tag-organic","13":"tag-why-buy-organic"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When Should You Buy Organic Produce? 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