If you’re the same as me, making a temporary ‘lack of living’ as a professional student (post-grad, under-grad or other), then it can be difficult to align your knowledge about what’s good and healthy for you with your financial capabilities. It’s one thing to know that you should consume exclusively grass-fed beef and organic vegetables, and another thing to be able to finance it (particularly when your penchance for beef extends beyond 100g daily).
A month or so ago, I posted an article about the fresh foods which contain the greatest and least amount of pesticides. In the article, I noted that some pesticides cannot be entirely removed. However, if you are purchasing your fresh goods from a supermarket, I’d like to share a tip that can be used to remove certain pesticides and bacteria from the produce. When all-organic, all-the-time is a financial impossibility, anything is better than nothing. Thus, without further ado …
Pesticide Removal Formula:
Use basic distilled white vinegar in a solution of 10% vinegar to 90% water as a bath to briefly soak produce. Place the vegetable or fruit in the solution, swish it around and rinse thoroughly. As mentioned, some pesticide residues are trapped beneath the waxy coatings applied to certain vegetables to help them retain moisture. In such cases, peeling lightly will be your next best option.
Note: Don’t use this process on fragile fruits such as berries as they can be damaged in the process or soak up too much vinegar via porous skins.
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