Re: Re: Washing Veggetables

February 15, 2008

We’ve posted studies here in the past that washing the fruits/veggies either with water, or a diluted vinegar solution is just as effective as the expensive solutions sold in health food stores. Sorry that I don’t have the study at my fingertips but a search of the archives should yield the posts (they’re not recent – probably a couple of years old).

From: orb85750 <orb85750@...>

Reply-< >

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:31:53 -0000

< >

Subject: [ ] Re: Washing Veggetables

Many fruits & vegetables contain a large proportion of their nutrients

in the peels, so it's not clear that eliminating the peels is a good

approach. Are you aware of any studies indicating that pesticide

residues (or soap residues, for that matter) on fresh fruits/veggies

are harmful?

-Dave

>

> [ ] Washing Veggetables

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> Since starting the CRON diet, I'm washing alot of veggies. I was

> wondering what everyone else does to get the waxy film off of things

> like tomatoes.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Tomatoes are the one item I don't wash that well.

> Mostly I cook them.

> I don't like using chemicals to sterilize veggies.

> Most fresh fruits I peel to remove that layer/film you speak of.

> I'm concerned about the stuff on fresh F & V now so I eat mostly frozen

> veggies, even canned fruits.

> When I do eat fresh lettuces, basil, I dip them in a diluted vinegar

> solution, but I doubt it kills everything.

>

> Regards

>

February 15, 2008

No, But then I don't rely much on studies until there's history.

Information in single articles seems to change in a few years.

Anyway, unless I put the food I get thru a gas chromatograph myself, I'm not

going to believe what is in the skin or the detergent.

The studies may be very accurate for the items they test and the chemicals

they test for. It proves nothing for the stuff I actually get in the store.

I was looking at PD, and found an article on pesticides but those aren't the

only things that bother me.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez & artid=136

7825

" In conclusion, there is mounting evidence that chronic moderate pesticide

exposure is neurotoxic and increases risk of Parkinson disease. "

It convinced ne to quit eating fish.

I can't know what they put on the food or gets there in processing.

About a year before the e-coli scare, my wife and I were getting the runs

from lettuces, even bagged romaine, so we just quit eating it.

I put a head of romaine in a dehydrator, split up the leaves, and it took a

WEEK to dry them out. They never turned brown, just gradualy shrunk. So I

think they put a chemical in it to keep it " fresh " and that chemical is

maybe we react to.

All I can say is we haven't had any of that feature since we began avoiding

stuff we don't cook.

I realize there are nutrients in the peels, but looking at duke's database

they are not a large amount.

For tomatoes, either I eat them with the peel or not, or I can cook them. I

can't be sure a detergent would remove toxins, especially those soaked into

the skin.

Mostly we cook them. Just too many unknowns for me.

Regards

[ ] Washing Veggetables

>