“The State Sanitary Inspector in Koło reminds that eating raw vegetables and fruit is a very good habit that serves our health. […] But, In order for eating fresh vegetables to be safe for us, they must be properly prepared, removing harmful substances and pathogenic microorganisms from them” – we read. It turns out, however, that water alone is of little use.
How to Wash Fruit? Chemist: “Water Alone Is Least Effective”
Sylwia Panek is a popular chemist on the web. In one of her posts, she drew attention to how fruit should be washed to get rid of bacteria, harmful substances and microorganisms. Many people simply rinse them with water, sometimes rubbing them with their hands.Water alone will of course be the least effective, but it will also help,” she wrote.
Instead, she suggested ozonating the fruit or giving it a short bath in a mixture of ingredients that we usually have at home. The procedure itself does not take long, and in addition, it is also recommended by the specialists we quoted above.
If you have a little more time, you can soak the fruit/vegetables in a solution of water with vinegar or water with baking soda. Even better, if you use both of these techniques
– she explained.
In addition, in stores we can buy special liquids for washing fruits and vegetables, which are supposed to remove impurities and even pesticides. Some people decide to buy an ozonator for food. In the cited material, experts suggest that ordinary dishwashing liquid will also work well, and when possible – pouring boiling water.
How to wash fruit? A chemist on baking soda, vinegar, ozonation. And fans on paranoia
There were a lot of comments under the chemist’s post. Many people shared their methods for washing fruit. Others asked about ozonators, soda and salt, and still others did not hide their surprise that so much energy should be devoted to doing this task correctly.
OH MY GOD! Where are the times when you ate straight from the bush?! When a bit of sand didn’t hurt anyone! And now…?! You have to wash off the chemicals! Not wash the fruit!!!
– wrote one of the commenters. To which another replied: “I highly recommend reading about e.g. echinococcosis or roundworms. Fun fact: toxoplasmosis is also much easier to catch by eating unwashed fruit and vegetables or using unwashed tools after processing meat, than from a cat litter box.” “Oh, about 10 years ago I got paranoid and ozonated everything. But since we eat kilograms of fruit and vegetables, ozonation took ages and when I gave birth to my second child, I gave up. I preferred to spend that time sleeping. And my husband took over the ozonator and ozonates the air conditioning in the car,” we read in another comment. And what is your opinion on washing fruit? If you’d like, please vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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