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HEALTH HACKSLIVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, BALANCED LIFEKNOW YOUR FARMERCLEAN 15*:THE DIRTYDOZEN*:Strawberries Spinach Nectarines Apples Peaches Pears CherriesGrapesCeleryTomatoesSweet bell peppers PotatoesHot Peppers +Buying food from local farms beats buying organic food. Many farms and farmers in the south are not “Certi ed Organic” by the USDA. But this does not necessarily mean that their food is not organic. On contrary, it often means this farmer does not have the resources of getting certi ed. See a short lm on the topic here: http://www.pbs.org/food/features/lexi- con-of-sustainability-local-vs-organicSo, go out and see your farmer. Thankfully there are many farmer’s markets throughout Northwest Florida.Find a list of Northwest Florida’s farmer’s markets here: www.farmersmarkets- orida.com Or Florida-wide farmer’s markets here: http://www.farmersmarke- tonline.comFOOD HACKSTime Magazine has published two articles to introduce the “50 Healthiest Foods of All Time” in 2015 and even followed up with a “50 (New) Healthiest Foods of All Time” a month later– they included recipes as well. What is there to add? We are bringing you the lowdown on a few unexpected entries on page 50. Find the original articles and list of health bene ts of 100 foods on www.time.comSweet Corn** Avocados Pineapples CabbageOnionsSweet peas frozen Papayas** AsparagusMangos Eggplant Honeydew Melon KiwiCantaloupe Cauli ower Grapefruit48 • March - April 2018 • www.PanamaCityLiving.com* The dirty dozen are the fresh produce items that show most pesticide residue, the clean 15 are show- ing least pesticide residue based on EWG's pesticide residue comparison of data made availale by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Drug Administration.** A small amount of sweet corn, papaya and sum- mer squash sold in the United States is produced from genetically modi ed seeds. Buy organic variet- ies of these crops if you want to avoid genetically modi ed produce.”(Source: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean_ fteen_list.php#W- pOPExMbNSw, Retrieved on February 12, 2018)