avocado, skin health and irradiation

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Hi all,

I was looking through the archives to review the thread on fats and oils in

regards to skin health and sun tanning, and I noticed an exchange between

Hillary and bianca discussing avocados and how good they are for the skin. I

wanted to check out a fatty acid profile of avocados so did a quick google

search. That brought me to this page on irridation end-products onf meats

and fruits, including avocados:

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:8A1MMkM0jVQC:europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs

/sfp/fi07_met1784_en.pdf+avocado+fatty+acid & hl=en & ie=UTF8

The article discusses detection methods of irradiated foods by the amount of

radiation-induced hydrocarbons, although it doesn't give data on the amounts

found in foods tested.

It reminded me that an organic gardener who worked as the produce manager of

a local HFS, told me that all imported organic produce is irradiated. I

haven't been able to verify that yet, but I do try to avoid imported produce

anyway. Although I love my bananas! Haven't been able to give them up yet.

Does anyone know if avocados are generally an imported crop? The winter here

has been tough on my skin and I'm looking to improve it through diet. Any

other suggestions for improving skin health?

TIA

Suze Fisher

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