Comments on: Coffee Caffeine Harmful Pesticide Side Effects http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/coffee-caffeine-harmful-pesticide-side-effects/ Diana Walker is The Cravings Coach and she wants to help you break free from those powerful cravings for common junk food and to guide you on a path to a more vibrant, energetic and fulfilling life. Listen to The Cravings Coach podcast for even more healthy living information. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pesticide Inforamtion http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/coffee-caffeine-harmful-pesticide-side-effects/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 Pesticide Inforamtion Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:38:51 +0000 http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/?p=384#comment-4667 I didn't know that caffeine was actually the pesticide, but yes it's apparently true that many fruit, veg, grains etc we eat can produce natural pesticides while they grow that helps them fight off predators - insects, fungus and weeds. Dr. Ames, a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) researched this many years ago. http://www.bruceames.org/ Also a blog entry was written about natural pesticides last year on www.pesticideinformation.eu. http://www.pesticideinformation.eu/2008/08/pesticides-a-new-angle-or-why-we-should-oppose-the-eu-proposals-to-ban-pesticides-and-think-again-about-how-we-assess-the-impact-of-chemicals-on-health/ Hope that helps. Best wishes, Helen I didn’t know that caffeine was actually the pesticide, but yes it’s apparently true that many fruit, veg, grains etc we eat can produce natural pesticides while they grow that helps them fight off predators – insects, fungus and weeds. Dr. Ames, a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) researched this many years ago. http://www.bruceames.org/

Also a blog entry was written about natural pesticides last year on http://www.pesticideinformation.eu. http://www.pesticideinformation.eu/2008/08/pesticides-a-new-angle-or-why-we-should-oppose-the-eu-proposals-to-ban-pesticides-and-think-again-about-how-we-assess-the-impact-of-chemicals-on-health/

Hope that helps. Best wishes, Helen

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