Our family was poisoned by pesticides over an eight year period which resulted in numerous health problems in all five family members. We experienced many of the same symptoms people experience with food allergies. As we learned more about what happened to us, and how to get well, we discovered eating organic food made a huge difference in our health. We regained our health by eating a strict organic diet and avoiding everyday chemicals like pesticides, cleaning compounds, air fresheners, fabric softeners, disinfectants, sanitizers, and more.

After a long period of time, I started to understand that the additives, and other toxic residue in food from the growing process, is what we were reacting to, and not the actual food. It is interesting to me that we didn’t react to organic peanut butter whereas we did react to non-organic peanut butter. No one in our family has life-threatening peanut allergies, but we did react to non-organic peanut butter with rashes, itching, minor breathing difficulty, and more. I encourage anyone with food allergies to try eating a strict organic diet. For anyone allergic to peanuts, I don’t recommend even organic peanuts including organic peanut butter; however, for those who can eat peanuts, organic peanuts and peanut butter are significantly better health-wise.
I thought I would pass on our experience in the hope that it would help someone.

Mary Anderson