To be healthy, fit and in good shape you need to stick to the right diet! But you need to focus on how to get the maximum benefit from vegetables and fruits, for this you need to be able to wash them correctly!
Fruits and vegetables contain fiber, which gives us a feeling of satiety and relieves us of hunger, as well as a huge amount of vitamins that our body needs so much! Eat more of these foods, they will help you lose extra pounds and improve your health! Before using them, clean the fruits of dust, dirt, microorganisms, as well as pesticides harmful to our body, with which they are processed to protect plants from diseases and harmful insects.
Follow the basic rules for washing fruits and vegetables:
- Imported fruits and vegetables are mainly coated with wax or paraffin to protect against harmful insects, better preservation of the product and, of course, to give a glossy, beautiful wrapper for customers. To get rid of this layer, you need to use a brush and soapy water. Or a safer option, you can remove the waxed top layer with a knife. But first, the fruit should be washed, because there is a risk of contamination from the unwashed peel onto the fruit / vegetable itself.
- Wash dense, hard fruits and vegetables with a brush under running water.
- In white cabbage, remove the upper layers of leaves, getting to fresh and clean ones. Most of the nitrates accumulates in the stump, so we immediately cut it off and throw it away.
- Greens are more difficult to rinse. First, we first get rid of the roots, wilted and yellowed leaves. Secondly, we collect cold water into the container and wash it. Change the water several times until there is no sand at the bottom of our dishes. Thirdly, we rinse under the tap with cold water.
- Pour boiling water over citrus fruits, this way you get rid of preservatives on the surface of the fruit. Then rinse the fruit with cold running water. Rinse the rest of the fruit under the tap with cold water and soap.
- Be sure to thoroughly rinse dried fruits with cold water under the tap, then pour over boiling water, thereby getting rid of preservatives.
- Inspect the berries beforehand, remove the spoiled ones. We proceed to water procedures. Put dense berries, for example, cranberries in a colander and rinse with cold water. Soft berries, for example, strawberries, without tearing off the green leaves, are placed in a container with cold water for a few minutes so that the earth and dirt can settle to the bottom. After that, carefully take out the berries and lay them on a towel so that all the moisture is absorbed and the berries dry out.
- We divide the grapes into smaller bunches and, without tearing them off the branches, thoroughly wash off all the dirt under running water.
Helpful hints:
- Do not forget that when cleaning the gifts of nature from dirt and dust, the longer you wash them, the less vitamins remain in them, so do not delay this process.
- These products should be consumed immediately after washing, because the skin is damaged, the fruit begins to deteriorate faster and loses its beneficial properties.
- It is more convenient to wash with the help of special nets, colander or a regular sieve. Use a stainless steel knife when cleaning. it is protected from oxidation when interacting with the product and will not lose the beneficial properties of the vegetable / fruit.
- If, when peeling and removing the top layer of the vegetable, you find yellow or dark spots, then this means that it contains a large amount of nitrates. It is better not to eat such a vegetable.
- Choose fruit by smell, don't hesitate and smell it! For example, an apple has a pleasant fragrant aroma, if you feel it, then feel free to purchase this product, it is definitely not processed by anything and is safe for eating.
- Try to get out to the market and buy fruits from grandmothers who have their own garden and vegetable garden. So you will definitely get a natural and healthy product, a real gift of nature!
