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• Coffee(regular and decaffeinated)


• Pasta


• Foods containing saturated fats and or grease


• Foods containing corn syrup or rice syrup


• Salads that are not fresh


• Cookedvegetables that are more than one day old


• Processedfoodsofallkinds–generallyanythingthatdoesnot

comefromtheproducesectionofthesupermarket.However,

bewarethattheseproducts,foundatordinarysupermarkets,are

usuallyheavilyladenwithpesticides.Soatleasttheyshouldbe

washedbutthisonlytakescareoftheoutside.Whatofthepesti-

cides that the plant assimilated from the sprayed soil?

NOTE:“Natural”does not necessarily mean“GoodFor You.”

nat·u·raladj. Abbr.nat. 1.Present in or produced by nature.2.Of, relat-

ing to, or concerning nature.3.Conforming to the usual or ordinary

course of nature.4.a.Not acquired; inherent.b.Having a particular

character by nature.c.Biology.Not produced or changed artificially; not

conditioned.5.Characterized by spontaneity and freedom from artifici-

ality, affectation, or inhibitions.6.Not altered, treated, or disguised.7.

Faithfully representing nature or life. 132

Youmayfindtheword“natural”onsomefoodpackaging,thisdoesnotnecessarily

meanthatthefoodisfitforconsumption.Thesefoodsmaycontainingredientsthat

mayhavebeentakenfromnaturalsources,butwhichstillposeahealthrisk.Forex-

ample,sugarsareoftentakenfromnaturalsources,suchascorn,riceorsugarcane,

andconcentratedinfoodsintheformofcornsweetenerorricesyrup,andthen

labeledas“naturallysweetened.”Juicesareroutinely“enriched”withvitaminsand

othermaterialssuchasvitaminCandCalcium.Thismayseemtomaketheproduct

morehealthy,butinrealitythechemicalbalanceoftheoriginalproducthasbeen

disturbedandtherefore,thebodywillnotbeabletotreatthisitemasonewhich

comesdirectlyfromnature.Also,animalsarenatural,howeverwedonotwantto

consume animal productsin the diet, do we?

Generally,foodproductslabeled“Organic”willbesafetoconsume,althoughmany

organicproductsmaybeprocessedinvariousways.However,organicfoodsinany