From Diet for a Poisoned Planet:

Red Light Foods (all non-organic in this list):

• non organic apples (342 pesticide residues in 36 samples)
• raw apricots (157 residues)
• raw celery (240 residues)
• raw sweet cherries (215 pesticide residues in 36 samples)
• collard greens (260 residues in 36 samples)
• raw cucumbers (189 residues)
• grapes
• green peppers (256 residues)
• mixed nuts (246 residues)
• raw peaches (266 residues)
• peanuts (282 residues in 36 samples)
• raw pears (176 residues in 36 samples)
• raw plums (171 residues)
• potatoes (205 residues)
• raisins (200 residues)
• spinach (279 residues in 36 samples)
• raw strawberries (237 residues)
• summer squash (185 residues)
• raw tomatoes (214 residues in 36 samples)

Editor's note from Anna: Daddy introduced the concept of red and green light foods in part 5 of his food and health series.

This post is part of our Food and Health lunchtime series.  Read all of the entries: Food and health: Introduction Food and health: Anti-Cancer Food and health: Inflammation Food and health: Plant food Food and health: Red light and green light foods Food and health: Ancestral diet Food and health: Glycemic index Food and health: High glycemic index foods Food and health: Low glycemic index foods Food and health: Red light foods

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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