How to Clean Fruits and Vegetables In A Non-Toxic Way

Nancy Addison — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:54:58 +0000

I think it is important to clean our fruits, vegetables and other food before it is cut, cooked or consumed. We get home from the store or farmer’s market and we have a large amount of fresh food. I personally don’t consume that food until it’s been washed well with non-toxic methods that won’t leave a residue on my food.

I even clean fruits like cantaloupe, because cantaloupes are prone to have mold on them, from sitting on the wet ground. When we cut our fruits and vegetables, the knife can drag germs down and through the food, so if the skin is clean, this will be avoided.

The only time I would not wash my food, is when it is from my very own organic garden and I know it’s already clean from the rain. Food that is fresh from the garden has naturally probiotics and B vitamins on them from the soil. So, that is the only time I don’t wash my fresh fruits and vegetables.

But most of the fruits and vegetables we buy at the store are picked, they are stored or packed, trucked and/or shipped, then unpacked. There can be little creatures (think rats or roaches) that might be running about in the storage unit or boxes. There is a likely chance that the food is dirty. So, taking a little time to clean them, in my opinion, is always a healthy choice.

I even rinse and sprout my rice, lentils, quinoa (which is a seed) and beans before I cook them. Rinsing rice, lentils, quinoa, beans, before they are cooked, helps take out a lot of the starch in the rice, but also will help remove the phytic acid in all of them, which can make those foods healthier and easier to digest.

I made this video on how to clean your fruits and vegetables in a healthy, non-toxic and effective way.

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