Do you know how important it is to wash you fruits and vegetable before you eat them? Well if not, very important, bacteria such as Listeria, Salmonella and E. Coli may all be lurking on your fruits and vegetables, whether they are organically grown or conventionally grown. These bacteria all cause food-borne illness and need to be washed away from your produce. I mean, really,do you know where they have been prior to getting to the Supermarket? Do you know how many hands in the fields and orchards handled your fruit and vegetable once they were ready for harvest?Unless your fruits and vegetables are organic, they grew up in fields covered in pesticides and herbicides. Although the pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables are considered to be at safe levels for human consumption, do you really want those extra chemicals on your food.
I am always in the kitchen washing my lettuce when it comes from the store, I mainly eat iceburg and spinach lettuce, so one day I was washing my spinach lettuce that came pre wash in a plastic bag and Lo and behold a Lady-bug came flying out and that was so disturbing to me, Im just glad I had sense enough to wash the lettuce, I probably would not have died but Im sure I would have gotten sick, so let remember you guys wash wash wash those fruits and veges!
I simply use water and a tad bit of antibacterial dish detergent and I let my fruit and vegges soak 2 to 5 min and I rinse with cold water and I also use a product called "Veggie Wash" from the makers of Citrus Magic,this product safely removes Pesticides, Waxes, Chemicals and Soil.
