The Pros and Cons of Using Pesticides

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In the US, pesticide residues are regularly tested and limits that are set for the residues are 1000 times lower than what has been shown to cause any negative health effect in animal studies. In real life, we have to feed 7 billion people on the planet. There's going to be pros and cons to some of the things that we have to do to acquire food. The alternative is not having enough produce because we don't use pesticides and we have lots of crop loss.

We've all been told that organic, grass-fed, free-range are healthier options than "conventional".

But are they really?

And if so, how much of a difference is there between the organic/grass-fed options than the conventional ones?

On this episode of the podcast we dive into the resaerch to help answer these questions.

We discuss nutritional differences between organic and convnetional produce
Concerns with pesticide exposure on convnetional produce
The nutritional differences between grass fed and conventionally raised beef
Caged vs. pastured and free-range eggs

and more.

Make sure to tune in the show to help you clear up some of the confusion on this topic and help you make informed choices that you feel comfortable with.

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