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Here's Why You Should Immediately Stop Eating Commercial PESTO!

24 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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Most store-bought pesto is only 25% basil and cheese, the rest sugar, seed oils, and preservatives that cause inflammation and oxidative stress. Make your own at home with fresh organic ingredients instead.

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If you love eating commercial pesto, listen to this. A lot of people think that pesto is healthy because it's just basil, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, maybe some Parmesan cheese. But when you look at the actual ingredients of these commercial pestos, we see that basil and Parmesan are only 25% of the ingredients. In fact, 75% of the ingredients are just sugar, sunflower, some type of seed oil, which are all highly inflammatory and can cause oxidative stress in the body. Also, it can contain a number of preservatives and artificial colorings that are linked to allergic reactions and carcinogenic effects. So next time you go to the grocery store, make sure you buy organic. Organic fresh ingredients and make yourself a nice tasty Mediterranean toxic-free pesto, which is even tastier than the commercial version. If you found this helpful, make sure you drop a follow below because I'll be sharing more health secrets.