Another reason to grow your own!

A Fresh Food Diet Rapidly Reduces Bisphenol-A Content Of Your Body

The Natural Resources Defense Council has some good news - a fast way to drastically cut the Bisphenol-A (BPA) content of your body is to eat fresh, eat at home. No cans needed, thanks very much. "...researchers delivered to the families freshly prepared meals made from organic grains, vegetables and meats for three days. All foods were stored in glass or stainless-steel containers and the families were instructed not to microwave in plastic. The participants were given stainless-steel water bottles and the children took their lunch to school in stainless-steel containers."


Then look what happened...


Cited from the NRDC release:
At the end of the week, the participants' urine was again collected and measured. The researchers found that after the intervention with fresh foods, BPA levels dropped on average by more than 60 percent and phthalate levels were cut in half. When the participants returned to their normal habits, their BPA levels went back up. Their phthalate levels did not rise as much either because the chemical takes longer than BPA to build up in the body or because the participants made changes in their eating habits and food handling.
This really is terrific news. Several hazardous substances sold as commodity chemicals can bio-accumulate and stay parked in human body tissues - in original un-degraded form - long after exposure is lessened. BPA, apparently, does not - at least not to a significant degree.
Unknowns matter.
What we don't know from this study is whether very small, but hormonally-active, amounts of BPA might remain present in the body even after one goes on an exclusively fresh food diet.

Now if the weather would only cooperate ....  From last year's records I am about two weeks behind schedule - though on target with 2009.  Last year I was picking lettuce already.