The Dirty Dozen -it's not just a movie any more!To health experts, it's also a list of twelve fruits and vegetables. These fruits and vegetables have so many pesticides applied to them during the growth and care process, that we are advised not to eat them unless we canpurchase these fruits and veggies in the organic form.

It is not unusualfor fruits and vegetables tobe sprayed10-15 times between planting and consumption. These pesticideskill bugs. If we eat enough of them everyday, on every fruit and vegetable we eat, could they do the same to us?

If I overlap the current dirty dozen lists compliedby Consumer Reports and health expert Andrew Weil, we get a list of fifteen fruits and vegetableswhich include: stawberries, bell peppers (both green and red), spinach, cherries, peaches, Mexican cantaloupe, celery, apples, apricots, green beans, Chilean grapes and cucumbers.

A good rule of thumb is: if I eat the skin and I eat it often,I should buy it organic!