I feel that such things are build up, its like how much toxin you have accumulated in your body over the years through eating "dirty". We may not have any problems with eating non-organic food but once our body reaches the upper tolerable limit, we may get symptoms of allergies, eczema etc..
Its the same thing for chemical laden products that we use as well, our skin may be ok with them, but it is really quite hard to tell what the long term exposure to it would be right?
Personally, I'm not a 100% organic person as
it costs an arm and a leg in Singapore to do so. Even buying organic items from the dirty dozen list is also not financially sustainable. What I do to eat clean is:
- Buy organic corns (cos non-organic corn are probably GMOs which requires Monsanto pesticides)
- Avoid fruits and vegetables from China due to heavy pollution and poor regulation and enforcement of farming standards.
- Fruits - I buy mainly those from Australia or NZ.
- Vegetables - I try to buy local, (support SG business and its fresher too!) NTUC stocks several SG farmed vegetable, I particularly like the SkyLight hydroponics brand.
- Chicken/Eggs - I get the Sakura chicken which doesn't use antibiotics.
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