Risk of chemicals in vegetables and fruits and how to get rid of them

The use of chemicals in agriculture has now become natural , and reasons for this have been the impossibility of providing sufficient quantities of crops to feed the world That these chemicals pose a danger to consumer health .

While the consumption of vegetables and fruits in large quantity is part of a healthy life system , the probability of contamination with agriculture pesticides to degrees exceed the safe limits . According to WHO, acute pesticide poisoning is responsible for 20,000 deaths around the world . The chronic poisoning of agricultural pesticides , which results from the storage of chemical toxins and their accumulation over the years in the body's fat cells , is associated with a large number of chronic diseases , including cancer tumors , obesity , diabetes , gestational diabetes , Alzheimer's and high blood pressure in addition to imbalance in Balance the hormones of the body and also causes infertility .

Vegetables and fruits , which contained high pesticide residues according to the same report , are ranked in descending order based on the level of pesticide contamination :

apple , strawberries , grapes , celery , peaches , spinach , paprika , nectarine , cucumber , small-grain tomatoes , potatoes , lettuce , pears and carrots .

A grain of grapes contains 15 kinds of pesticides , making grapes and a sheet of food prone to high levels of chemical toxins . 99% of apples contained sediments of at least one type of pesticide that found its way into apple juice and apple puree

• start prevention of the risk of these substances from the market We recommend you buy vegetables smaller and smell of pungent smell of the original fruits because they are less contain the chemical fertilizer

• refrain from buying vegetables and fruits that have scratches because of the easy leakage of pesticides into the fruits through scratches

• put all the vegetables and fruits with water and salt for only 10 minutes , it saves them from the chemicals added to them during cultivation , and should not exceed 10 minutes because it begins to lose vitamins in it . But this should not applied with fine fruits such as berries because weave Delicate vinegar may be absorbed .

• rinse vegetables and fruits well with water to get rid of pesticides , as one study revealed that washing under the tap water and rub it by hand or brush removes about 75% of pesticides . It is recommended to do this before eating it directly and not before keeping it in the refrigerator as this may contribute to the proliferation of bacteria in it . If you decide to wash vegetables and fruits when purchased , you should clean them thoroughly after washing with a clean paper towel.
  

• to clean vegetables and fruits free of the crust , such as broccoli and cabbage , it is recommended to separate the pieces or leaves from each other and then soak in a liquid composed of water and vinegar by 90% of water and 10% of vinegar .. A little lemon juice can be add to the soaking liquid to increase the degree of cleaning when a high percentage of dirt is suspected . Cleaning the lettuce requires a different method . It is recommended to separate the leaves and soak them in a bowl of water and add a few vinegar or salt for several minutes and then rinsed a sheet of paper and placed over a towel of paper to dry

• peel vegetables and fruits that are in the list crops that contained pesticides to a high degree and to get rid of most of the pesticides , such as cucumbers , tomatoes and apples .

Some people may go beyond this concern to wash the vegetables and fruits with soap , which is dangerous because the use of soap to clean the vegetables and fruits makes the chemical compounds in the soap penetrate in small quantities into the vegetables and fruits through pores or hiding between the folds of the walls .

• wash your hands with water and soap before and after cleaning vegetables and fruits is important and also after eating bananas and to get rid of the residues of pesticides in the crust , which may have been hung on your hands when peeling bananas .

• finally we advise you not to neglect this subject and to wash the fruits and vegetables in the right way to remove the proportion of the excess of 70 % of the chemicals harmful to health and thus keep your safety and the safety of you family from harm .

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