Answer to Produce Quiz

Answer: The sticker on the produce has four or five numbers starting with a 3,4,8 or 9. If the number starts with an 8, the produce has been genetically engineered.

Find out what the other numbers mean in FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide...

Produce Quiz

How can you tell if the produce you buy in the grocery store is genetically engineered?

Answer tomorrow, or find it here.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Legumes

• dry
  
  • beans
    
  • peas
    
  • lentils
    
  • chickpeas
  
  
• canned legumes prepared without
  
  • animal products
    
  • chemical additives
  
  
• soy products (infrequently, if at all)
  
  • natto
    
  • tempeh
    
  • miso

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Avoid

Grains

• all grain products with
  
  • white flour
    
  • unbleached flour
    
  • enriched flour
    
  • sweeteners
    
  • chemical additives
  
  
• refined and processed grains
  
  • white rice
    
  • quick oats
    
  • instant oatmeal
    
  • instant cereals
  
  
• refined and processed grain products
  
  • white bread
    
  • wheat bread (if it’s not "whole" wheat)
    
  • soft breads
    
  • muffins
    
  • crackers
    
  • cookies
    
  • pastries
    
  • baked goods
    
  • breakfast cereals
  
  
• pasta made from
  
  • white flour
    
  • semolina flour
    
  • enriched flour
    
  • other processed grains

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Genetically Engineered Ingredients in Your Food

Corn and soy are two of the most common crops that are genetically engineered in the USA. Genetically engineered ingredients (GMO) are not required to be listed on the label. So, if you buy packaged foods that contain corn or soy and are not organically grown, there is a high likelihood that they contain GMOs.

Learn more about genetically modified ingredients in your food.

Seeds of Deception

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING

What To Eat

Grains

• all whole grain products should be free of
  
  • sugar
    
  • chemical additives
    
  • preservatives
  
  
  
• whole grains
  
  • amaranth
    
  • barley
    
  • brown basmati rice
    
  • brown rice
    
  • buckwheat
    
  • bulgur
    
  • millet
    
  • oats and oatmeal
    
  • quinoa
    
  • rye
    
  • wheat
    
  • wild rice
  
  
  
• whole grain products
  
  • bread
    
  • muffins
    
  • tortillas
    
  • cereals (unsweetened)
    
  • pasta
    
  • crackers
  
  
  
• sprouted grain products
  
  • bread
    
  • muffins
    
  • tortillas
  
  
  
• corn tortillas made with
  
  • corn only
    
  • corn, lime and water

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Healthy Recipe

Grapefruit Berry Fruit Salad

Oro Blanco grapefruit is very sweet and is my very favorite variety of grapefruit.

Peel the skin off an Oro Blanco grapefruit and section it. Cut the sections into halves or thirds. Get some fresh berries - blueberries, raspberries, marionberries or blackberries. Wash them, mix with the grapefruit sectons and chill. Enjoy as a snack any time.

This is a sweet, low glycemic, satisfying treat.

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