Keep away from harmful "medicine", 6 tips to remember when buying vegetables
Master Chen Yikui has worked out six secrets for the problem of phytotoxicity, so that we can avoid the ubiquitous "phytotoxicity" when we eat vegetables.
Don’t eat non-season fruits and vegetables
The fruits and vegetables produced in the season can grow in a timely manner, with less pests, good quality, and more nutrition. Vegetables and fruits that violate the season are often in danger of "relying on pesticides to grow up." Various chemicals may also be used to keep them fresh.
Don't buy expensive vegetables
The typhoon hits and the price of vegetables soars. It is possible that fruits and vegetables that have not been sprayed may be harvested and sold in order to rush to harvest. The risk of pesticide residues is relatively high.
Beware of dishes that are too beautiful
Don't pick only those with perfect appearance and huge fruits and vegetables; the ones with insect eyes and the appearance are not good, they are relatively safe to eat.
Strong-smelling vegetables
Vegetables with a special smell are usually not loved by insects, such as celery, leeks, lettuce, and onions.
Native and native wild vegetables
Amaranth, which is easy to cultivate, has strong resistance to insect pests. In theory, it can survive without spraying pesticides. When buying amaranth before and after wind disasters, there is relatively little doubt about excessive pesticide residues. The malabar vegetables are highly resistant and have few diseases and insect pests, so there is almost no need to spray pesticides during cultivation.
Wild vegetables that are easy to grow, such as sweet potato leaves and asparagus, are safer choices. But it should be noted that some wild vegetables that grow beside ridges, under fruit trees, and ditches should be guarded against the possibility of being contaminated by pesticides.
Use bagged fruits
Use bagged fruits in the fruiting period, because of bagging isolation, reducing the probability of pesticide residues. For example: provincially produced grapes, carambola, guava,wax apple, etc.
Peeled fruits
Fruits that need to be peeled and eaten can certainly reduce the chance of eating pesticides, such as bananas, watermelons, pineapples, and citrus. If the fruit needs to be eaten with the skin, it must be cleaned before eating.
In addition to the six suggestions for choosing fruits and vegetables, Master Chen Yikui also added some supplements.
To avoid pesticide poisoning, vegetables of the Convolvulaceae family are good choices. For example, water spinach and sweet potato leaves are good green vegetables. They are green vegetables with strong resistance and are not easily attacked by insects. Therefore, farmers do not Pesticides used on the vegetables of the Convolvulaceae.
Eating seasonal vegetables,it is because according to the laws of nature, seasonal fruits can exert the best photosynthesis, so the synthesized nutrients are the best.
As for the strong-smelling vegetables, celery is a good food, but celery is lignified in summer and is not delicious, so celery in autumn and winter is the best choice.
