To be healthy, fit and in good shape, you must adhere to proper nutrition! But you need to focus on how to get the most out of fruits and vegetables, for this you need to be able to wash them properly!
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Fruits and vegetables contain fiber, which betrays us a feeling of satiety and relieves us of hunger, as well as a huge amount of vitamins that our body so needs! Eat more of these products, they will help you get rid of extra pounds and improve your health! Before using them, clean the fruits of dust, dirt, microorganisms, as well as harmful chemicals harmful to our body, which they are used to protect plants from diseases and harmful insects.
Follow the basic rules for washing vegetables and fruits:
- 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 gloss, a beautiful "candy wrapper" for buyers. To get rid of this layer, you must use a brush and soapy water. Or a safer option, you can remove the top layer covered with wax with a knife. But first, the fruit should be washed, because there is a risk of spreading dirt from unwashed peels on the fruit / vegetable itself.
- Wash dense, hard fruits and vegetables with a brush under running water.
- In white cabbage, remove the upper layers of the leaves, getting to fresh and clean. Most of the nitrates accumulate in the stump, so we immediately cut it and discard it.
- It is more difficult to wash greens. First, first we get rid of the roots, withered and yellowed leaves. Secondly, we collect cold water and wash it in the container. Change the water several times until sand remains on the bottom of our dishes. Thirdly, we rinse under the tap with cold water.
- Pour boiling water over citrus fruits, thus, you will get rid of preservatives located on the surface of the fruit. Then rinse the fruit with cold running water. The remaining fruits are washed under a tap with cold water and soap.
- Dried fruits must be thoroughly washed with cold water under the tap, then pour over boiling water, thereby getting rid of preservatives.
- Berries to pre-inspect, remove spoiled. Getting to water procedures. Dense berries, for example, lay cranberries in a colander and rinse with cold water. Soft berries, such as strawberries, without tearing green leaves, are placed in a container of cold water for several minutes so that the earth and dirt can settle to the bottom. After that, carefully remove the berries and lay them on a towel so that all the moisture is absorbed and the berries dry.
- We divide the grapes into smaller clusters and, without taking them from the twigs, carefully wash off all the dirt under running water.