Sentences with phrase «conventional strawberries»

This is important because conventional strawberries are heavily sprayed with toxic pesticides.

This would be an important distinction for further study considering the results of a study on organic versus conventional strawberries discovered that organic strawberries had a higher antioxidant content.

So often, conventional strawberry packs have green, underripe fruit.

If using larger conventional strawberries, hull and quarter them.

There's still the reproductive and hormonal issues to worry about, but if you restrict heavy sources of pesticides elsewhere (like conventional strawberries, kale, blueberries, potatoes), avoid contaminants in personal care items and foods, and keep your detoxification systems strong, there's no problem.

The EWG found that the dirtiest single strawberry sample contained 22 pesticide residues, while one - third of all conventional strawberry samples contained 10 or more pesticides.

For example, conventional strawberries are a great source of vitamin C, but also carry high levels of pesticides with them; substituting blueberries or raspberries will retain the high - vitamin content with less leftover pesticide.