Foods to buy organic and the terrors of mayonnaise

One very good nutrition question is: is it worth it to buy organic produce? If so, should I buy all my produce organic? What is the difference between organic and "regular"? I will now attempt to answer those burning questions.

Some produce carries more pesticides than others, which is the main reason to go organic. Here is a list of foods high in pesticides compiled by Dr. Joel Fuhrman in order from the most pesticides to the least:

• strawberries
• green and red bell peppers
• spinach
• cherries (USA)
• peaches
• cantaloupe (Mexico)
• celery
• apples
• apricots
• green beans
• grapes (Chile)
• cucumbers

The benefit of organic produce is mainly that you will not be consuming pesticides. Pesticides are known to promote both birth defects in children and cancer in children and adults. However, it is more important to me to eat a mainly (or completely in my case) plant-based diet than to vigorously purchase organic produce. There are more benefits of avoiding meat and other animal products than there are benefits of purchasing organic produce.

And now for the terrors of mayonnaise:*
Because mayonnaise is an egg-based product, it is naturally both high in fat and cholesterol. Not only does it gue your food together, it also gues you arteries up inside of you. Studies show that a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol put you at greater risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. Additionally, because mayonnaise is almost completely devoid of useful nutrients excepting calories, it crowds out the room for more nutrient-dense foods in your diet. It is just another white food you should do without, unless you are a young child experiencing seizures and unable to be treated by medications and thus on a therapeutic diet consisting of mostly fat.

*this mayonnaise message is mostly for the starving musicians who hate mayonnaise and want more reasons to hate it.