| Last week I was talking about nutrition
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| | Food grown on certified organic farms
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| with one of my workout buddies and when I
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| | does not contain:
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| mentioned grass fed beef and "organic
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| | Pesticides, Herbicides, Fungicides,
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| food he asked, "Do you mean like what you
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| | Hormones, Antibiotics or Chemical
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| get at Whole Foods Market?"
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| | fertilizers
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| I said, "Yes, exactly... that's a natural
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| | It is also not:
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| food and organic supermarket." He said,
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| | Irradiated or Genetically modified
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| "Yeah well, that place costs so much, I
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| | Beyond the "certified organic" label,
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| call it Whole Paycheck!"
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| | grass fed beef and free range chicken
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| I was rolling on the floor laughing, but
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| | (and eggs), have other advantages.
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| the truth is, organic food really is
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| | Not only can there be tons of
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| expensive and so is grass fed beef and
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| | antibiotics, hormones, and other
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| free range chicken, so it's a valid
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| | chemicals in our meat, but also
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| question to ask, Is it worth it?
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| | commercially raised beef is fed grain or
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| After researching the subject and doing
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| | corn and yet that is not what the animals
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| some personal experiments with my own
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| | were meant to eat.
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| diet, let me offer you my take on it from
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| | The result - aside from sick, drugged
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| a bodybuilders viewpoint. This is a
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| | animals - is a higher overall fat, higher
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| perspective on organics you may not have
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| | saturated fat and a screwed up ratio of
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| heard before.
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| | omega three to omega six fats, which is a
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| First, look at it this way - if you put
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| | very big problem today - even when you
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| the cheapest fuel in your luxury car, how
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| | think you're eating "clean." Most people
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| well is it going to run and how many
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| | accept the idea that you are what you
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| miles are you going to get out of it?
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| | eat, but they forget that the animals we
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| While I'm on car analogies, health and
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| | eat are what they ate!
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| fitness author and educator Paul Chek
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| | Last but not least, proponents of organic
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| once wrote about how ridiculous it is to
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| | food suggest that the vitamin, mineral
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| watch how many $75,000 + cars pull up to
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| | and phytonutrient content of commercially
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| the Mcdonald's or Burger King drive
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| | grown foods can be anywhere from a little
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| through window to buy $1.99 hamburgers.
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| | bit low to virtually absent.
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| I would say that's a serious case of
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| | So... if organic and or grass fed beef
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| screwed up priorities, wouldn't you? The
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| | and free range chicken can help us avoid
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| driver has no problem shelling out the
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| | some of these problems and dangers, then
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| $1,100 monthly car payment, but it's too
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| | I'm all for it and the extra investment.
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| much to ask him to put premium fuel into
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| | I started eating grass fed beef almost
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| his own "bodily vehicle."
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| | exclusively (except for my occasional
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| How can you put ANY price tag on your
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| | restaurant steak), quite a few years ago
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| body and your health? You can buy another
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| | and started eating more and more organic
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| car, but you've only got one body.
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| | food. I can't say I eat entirely organic.
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| Now, as for the grass fed beef and
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| | I eat a lot of it, but not 100%. If I'm
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| organic foods question.
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| | eating an apple or some blueberries, and
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| For best results in body composition
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| | it doesn't happen to be organic, I dont
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| improvement, which I define as burning
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| | freak out over it.
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| fat and or building muscle, (and I'll
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| | When you really study deeply into the
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| even go as far as to say for optimal
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| | subject of food processing, industrial
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| health as well), I am a believer in
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| | pollution and commercial farming, it can
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| including animal proteins, including lean
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| | almost scare you half to death, but I
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| meats.
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| | don't recommend getting "alarmist" about
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| I have no wish to take up the vegetarian
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| | it.
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| debate in this article. I respect
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| | Sometimes it's the people who live in
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| vegetarians and acknowledge that a
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| | fear of a disease who are most likely to
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| healthy and lean body can be developed
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| | get it. I for one, am not going to live
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| with a vegetarian diet if it is done
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| | in a plastic bubble to isolate myself
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| properly, although it may be more
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| | from a "toxic world" oh, wait... make
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| challenging for strict vegans to gain
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| | that a ceramic bubble, plastics are
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| muscle for various reasons.
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| | really bad for you.
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| However, in recommending animal protein
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| | All joking aside, the fear of toxins can
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| as part of a healthy fat loss and muscle
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| | be taken to the point where the fear
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| building nutrition program, I do agree
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| | itself is unhealthy, but the more I study
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| that we all need to give some serious
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| | this subject - from a variety of sources
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| thought to what is in our meat (and in
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| | and perspectives - the more the organic
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| the rest of our food).
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| | argument does make sense to me. Ive built
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| Some people say that meat is part of our
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| | my career in fitness based on being a
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| evolutionary diet and its the way we were
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| | natural bodybuilder, which means no
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| intended to eat and I wouldnt argue with
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| | steroids or performance enhancing drugs,
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| that. But is the meat were eating in
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| | so why would I expose myself to other
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| todays modern society the same as what
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| | chemicals if I can avoid them?
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| was hunted and eaten many thousands of
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| | Honestly, I can't say I noticed any
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| years ago, or has some toxic stuff found
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| | dramatic change in my physique or in the
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| its way into our beef, poultry and fish
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| | way I feel at least not yet. I have
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| that wasnt there before?
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| | always eaten clean and I was a successful
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| I also think we should consider what is
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| | bodybuilder for many years before I
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| *missing* from our commercially grown
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| | started eating more organic food and
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| food, that is supposed to be in there,
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| | grass fed beef.
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| that probably used to be there in the
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| | However, I feel confident about my
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| past, but may not be today.
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| | decision to spend the extra money on
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| A lot of people are not paying any
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| | grass fed beef, free range chicken (and
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| attention to this... even people who
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| | eggs), and an increasing amount of
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| should know better. I admit it - I was
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| | organic food, knowing that I am avoiding
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| oblivious to this for a long time myself.
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| | toxins and getting more of the
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| Heres why:
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| | nutritional value I need to support my
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| I am not your typical "health and
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| | training and my health long term.
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| wellness" or "weight loss" expert. I am
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| | I'm certain this is the type of
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| also competitive bodybuilder. We
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| | nutritional lifestyle change that can
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| bodybuilders are well know for eating
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| | accrue benefits over time, even if you
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| very clean diets with lots of lean
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| | don't see an immediate "transformation."
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| protein and natural carbs, as well as for
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| | One thing I would suggest before you run
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| looking like "the picture of health" with
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| | out for organic fruits and vegetables or
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| our ripped abs and impressive
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| | grass fed beef and so on, is to consider
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| muscularity.
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| | what kind of shape your diet and your
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| We eat our oatmeal and egg whites for
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| | lifestyle are in right now. If your diet
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| breakfast, and proudly walk around with
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| | is currently such a total mess that youre
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| our chicken breast, rice and broccoli or
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| | drinking a lot of alcohol, smoking,
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| our flank steak, yams and asparagus, and
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| | abusing coffee and stimulants, not even
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| boast about how perfect and clean our
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| | eating ANY fruits and vegetables to begin
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| meals are and how our diets are already
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| | with...
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| clean and could not be improved.
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| | And if your idea of lean protein is the
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| But how many bodybuilders or fitness
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| | processed lunch meat you get in your foot
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| enthusiasts are there - even serious,
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| | long sub, then I think it might be a
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| dedicated and educated ones - who don't
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| | little moot to worry about whether your
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| give a single thought to the poisonous
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| | fruits and veggies are 100% certified
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| chemicals that might be lurking in our
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| | organic or whether your beef is grass
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| supposedly "clean" food?
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| | fed. Just start cleaning up your diet and
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| The Food and Drug Administration lists
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| | establishing new healthy habits, one step
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| more than 3,000 chemicals that can be
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| | at a time. Focus on nutrition and
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| added to our food supply. One billion
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| | lifestyle improvement, not perfection.
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| pounds of pesticides and farming
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| | There are some very strong opinions on
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| chemicals are used on our crops every
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| | this subject. I am aware of that, and I'm
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| year.
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| | not going to stand up on a pulpit and
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| Depending on what source you quote, the
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| | preach either way. What I have done here
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| average American consumes as much as 150
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| | is simply share what I have found from my
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| pounds of chemicals and food additives
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| | own research and what I decided to do in
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| per year.
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| | my own personal health and bodybuilding
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| Does ANYBODY out there think that this is
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| | regimen.
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| good for you?
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| | My advice to everyone else is to become
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| Didn't think so.
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| | as educated as possible about what is
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| If you had a way to avoid all these
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| | really in your food, including how it is
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| chemicals and toxins, would you at least
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| | raised or grown, and to continuously seek
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| explore it, even if it cost a little
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| | ways to improve your nutrition above the
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| more?
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| | level it is at now. Whether the next step
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| Although this topic is controversial and
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| | in improving your nutrition is to go
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| hotly debated, organic food is gaining in
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| | organic will be up to you to decide.
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| popularity and seems to fit this bill.
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