Tips that will teach you how to get rid of chemicals in fruits and vegetables. Take care of your health!

We sweep away fruits and vegetables from the shelves without even thinking than their fertilized. And today is quite difficult to find organic food. But from nitrates and pesticides may be partially get rid: for that fruits and vegetables must be properly washed and cleaned. Here are tips exactly how to do it.

Cabbage
After removing the top sheet and cut out stalk, you get rid of most of the nitrates contained in this vegetable.

Potatoes
The potatoes all nitrates are collected under the skin and in the core, so it is necessary to drain the water after the boil the potatoes.

Squash, cucumber, eggplant
Environmentally friendly cucumbers must be delicate herbal colors. If they are dark green, their exact overfed nitrates. First zucchini and eggplant must be peeled. And srezh peduncle region (root), because it is the most toxic place.





salad, parsley, dill and other herbs
These products are most nitrate accumulates in the veins and petioles. The greens are actively absorb nitrates, which means - it is better to soak for an hour in the water before adding to the dish.

Tomatoes
The thicker the peel them, the more they chemistry. I never buy tomatoes orange-red color. White flesh and thick veins - is a signal of the high content of nitrates. If you buy these tomatoes, soak them for 1 hour in cold water.

Beets, carrots and radishes
The roots of the majority of nitrate contained in the tops and tips. Be sure to cut them off before use. Do not buy beet with a twisted tail. Do carrots are cut off 1 cm tail, and completely cut off the green part.





Grapes
For a long time he kept, it is treated with fungicides. To get rid of this material, wash the grapes well enough.

Watermelon
Never buy cut in half and wrapped in foil watermelon. It is a good breeding ground for bacteria and microorganisms. If the melon has a thick yellowish streaks, it was fertilized. You can spend a little test: Put the pulp for one minute in a glass of water, if the water changed color, watermelon fed. If she just turbid - berry clean.





Pears and apples
Buying these fruits, try to touch them. If you feel that they are sticky, they are processed for long storage biphenyl. In the European Union, the USA, diphenyl prohibited because of its strong carcinogenic and allergenic properties. Processed fruit biphenyl need to peel.

Most "bad" vegetables and fruit brought to us from Holland, Turkey, Israel and Egypt. The fact is that they have poor land, and she just can not give a bountiful harvest without substantial amounts of fertilizer.

Take note of these tips, because the chemicals that feed our food, bring a lot of harm to our health. Be particularly careful to choose fruits and vegetables for their children!

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