Healthy Food Practices
Preserve Good Health
Healthy food practices are sorely needed now. Fruits and vegetables were plentiful when we were growing up in the south of the U.S.A.
While walking to and from school or the neighbors house, it was commonplace for us to gorge ourselves on persimmons, grapes, muscadines or whatever fruit was in season. The trees grew plentiful on the side of the dirt road. Now however, there has been a huge change.
Nutrition facts
Nutrition facts teach us that because pesticides have many uses, nowadays we are exposed to them; insecticides, herbicides, artificial fertilizers, or growth-stimulators–in a variety of ways–through food, water, and air. Engage in healthy food practices and reduce the amount of pesticides we consume by doing the following: Use a soft vegetable brush to wash and scrub the foods thoroughly under running water and then let them soak in water for ten minutes. Running water has an abrasive effect that soaking does not have. This will help remove bacteria and traces of chemicals from the surface of fruits and vegetables and dirt from crevices. Not all pesticide residues can be removed by washing. Produce can also be cleaned with nontoxic rinsing preparations, which are available in reputable health food stores. Looking For Resources For How To Start, Find, Or Grow A Food Buying Club Or Cook, And Enjoy Real Food? Want To Support Others Who Truly Support Sustainable, Local, Small Farms And Organic, Fair Trade, Green Companies?
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Healthy eating tips
Peel fruits and vegetables when possible to reduce dirt, bacteria, and pesticides. Discard outer leaves of leafy vegetables.If the products are waxed, peel them, as wax cannot be washed away, but remove as thin a layer of peel as possible. Trim fat from meat and skin from poultry and fish because some pesticides residues collect in fat.
Eating right
Eat a variety of foods, from a variety of sources.This will give you a better mix of nutrients and reduce your likelihood of exposure to a single pesticide. Keep vegetables separate from raw meat, poultry and seafood while shopping, preparing, or storing.
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