We know pesticides helps to protect our crops but these are also known to have some serious effect on human’s health, the fruits and vegetables which are soaked in pesticides must be avoided at any cost in order to maintain our health.
Every year the environmental working group releases a list of Dirty Dozen and clean Fifteen to help the customers to be aware of pesticides.
The amount of pesticides on fruits and vegetables may be enormous,despite this fact many healthy eating programs still suggest them.
Many pesticides that are used today are very harmful and these are also the root cause for lowering minerals of the food we take. There are many number of pesticide soaked fruits and vegetables on the list which are not suitable for consumption.
Here are the top pesticide soaked fruits and vegetables:
Strawberries
Strawberries have been in number one position which contains high number of pesticides. It contains 45 different types of pesticides according to the research.These are packed with toxic pesticides despite the fact that it seems healthy at first.
Some of the pesticides in strawberry are linked with neurological problems, this is why you should give a organic wash to strawberries before you eat.
Note
Wash it with vinegar or in warm water.
Apples
Apples are second in the list of pesticide soaked fruits, although it have been said that apple is healthier fruit compared to others. It contains 50 number of different pesticides residues.
So do concern about your health and think twice while you buy apples this time.
Peaches
The soft skin of peaches is combined with the chemicals. According to the recent studies by PDP in 2008,it is found that peaches contains 62 different types of pesticide.Some of which are known carcinogens and neurotoxins.
Nectarines
Nectarines are also soaked up with pesticides like a sponge. It has been found that nectarines have most weight of pesticides compared to other fruits and vegetables. So buy organic nectarines otherwise limited consumption may keep you healthy.
Celery
Celery contains 64 different types of pesticide residues in which 16 are very dangerous and toxic to human health.
There are some of the fruits and vegetables where we can find little and no pesticide residue over it.
Here the list as follows:
- Onions
- Pine apples
- Mangoes
- Egg plant
- Watermelon
- Grapes
- Kiwi fruit
- Cabbage
- Sweet peas
- Sweet corn
- Sweet potatoes
- Sweet onions
How to reduce pesticides on fruits and vegetables
Follow the steps to reduce pesticides on fruits and vegetables:
Wash in salty water
You need to wash vegetables and fruits in salt solution. This helps in removing of pesticides from the vegetables and fruits. Soak vegetables about 20 min in salt water then rinse it off.
Wash in warm water
Washing the vegetables and fruits in warm water remove the wax coating and residue of pesticides.
Wash it with vinegar
Soak vegetables and fruits in vinegar which is mixed in the water for 20 minutes and rinse it off.