{"id":31315,"date":"2010-09-25T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=31315"},"modified":"2011-01-02T22:46:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T03:46:05","slug":"attack-of-the-antibiotic-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/attack-of-the-antibiotic-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the Antibiotic Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Josie Maurer a freelance writer. She also blogs at YumYucky.com<\/a> and is the co-founder of Fit Blogger\u2019s Guide<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, you watched Food, Inc.<\/a> and made some serious dietary changes to safeguard your health. McDonald\u2019s burgers<\/a> are banned from your stomach and you eat organic as much as possible. Your meat and dairy purchases are antibiotic and hormone-free. Life is good, right?<\/p>\n

What about your vegetables? Pesticides are not the only issue.<\/p>\n

Sound the alarm because those veggies you\u2019re eating may have been fertilized with manure that comes farm animals given antibiotics and hormones. This isn\u2019t exactly breaking news. Antibiotics in vegetables has been discussed for awhile now, but as people like me and you become more health-conscious, news like this bubbles to the forefront. And quite frankly, I\u2019m ticked off.<\/p>\n

Do a Google search for \u201cantibiotics in vegetables\u201d or any similar phrase, and articles like this<\/a> will pop up. Yes, it\u2019s a big time drag. So what do you do when you think you\u2019ve already done all you can do?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pretty much done relying on others to ensure my health. When I\u2019m given a prescription, I head over to the A-Z drug list on Drugs.com to get more information for myself. When a doctor recommends a therapy or procedure, I do my own research to find how it turned out for others. And now, I believe it\u2019s time to grow my own garden<\/a> to whatever extent possible. No more talking about it \u2013 it\u2019s time to do it. If you don\u2019t have lots of space, container gardening works just as well. Is it really is worth all the extra work? Yes, it is.<\/p>\n

So here we are with the knowledge that the vegetables we purchase may contain antibiotics, depending on their source. Either you knew it already and this is a reminder, or you\u2019re just finding out now. Take this information and do with it what you will, but please, don\u2019t just sit back and do nothing.<\/p>\n

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