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By John Toler

Times-Democrat Staff Writer

The importance of diet to good health is widely known and understood.

Many consumers have gone beyond following a healthy diet, to concentrating on foods that have been grown and processed to produce the maximum health benefit.

Some consumers have sought out healthful foods produced organically; that is, without the use of petrochemical pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers.

Buying healthy

In recent years, some supermarkets have set aside floor space for organic, vegetarian and natural foods — they are not interchangeable. Other stores have specialized in such products and sell nothing else. ‘"These foods are usually more

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