TIP: How to Clean Your Vegetables & Kitchen (RECIPES, HEALTH, HOUSEHOLD)

[Guest guest]

This is a great idea! But if washing veggies, please use food grade

hydrogen peroxide, available at Whole Food, health food stores and

on-line. The stuff from the drugstore is not as safe for our consumption

as you might think -- but it would be fine for countertops and surfaces.

 

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How to Clean Your Vegetables: Simple Solution

 

Food-borne illness derived from contaminated produce is the largest

source of food poisoning. Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia

Polytechnic Institute and State University, developed an effective

disinfecting procedure using white vinegar (or cider vinegar) and 3

percent hydrogen peroxide (the same as found at the drugstore). These

ingredients are completely nontoxic and inexpensive and work not only on

fruit and vegetables but can be used to sanitize counters and

preparation surfaces, including wooden cutting boards, as well.

 

Here are the very simple directions for using these ingredients

effectively: After you put the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide into

individual spray bottles:

 

1. Spray your produce or work surface thoroughly first with vinegar and

then with hydrogen peroxide.

 

2. Then rinse the produce under running water or wipe the surface with a

clean wet sponge.

 

Adapted from Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality &

Long-Term Health, by Frank Lipman, M.D. (Jeremy Tarcher, Putnam, 2003).

 

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[Guest guest]

That is a fabulous idea. I have been using 35% H202, that I dilute to a 3%

solution because

the over the counter H202 contains harmful additives. Fine for bathing, but not

for

ingesting. I get my H202 from a site called Guardian of Eden. It's expensive,

but I think

well worth it for the purity. I do use this for bathing myself (not just my

veggies!). I use

one cup of 35% H202, one cup of epsom salts, one half cup of baking soda and one

half

cup of sea salt. I've also started adding oregano oil to the bath. It really

draws out the

toxins, and the baking soda neutralizes them. You really can feel the effects,

and it will

cure your athletes foot, as well as make your liver spots or sun spots start to

fade away.

 

For veggies, I've started used an ozone generator (the Enlay) which I got on

ebay. You put

your veggies in a tub, and the generator will remove all the harmful bacteria.

(and it will

brighten up your underwear...but I would use a separate tub LOL!!)

 

Anyway, thought I'd throw that out there!!

 

Peace, Molly

 

, wildmouse <wildmouse wrote:

>

> This is a great idea! But if washing veggies, please use food grade

> hydrogen peroxide, available at Whole Food, health food stores and

> on-line. The stuff from the drugstore is not as safe for our consumption

> as you might think -- but it would be fine for countertops and surfaces.

>

> ***

>

> How to Clean Your Vegetables: Simple Solution

>

> Food-borne illness derived from contaminated produce is the largest

> source of food poisoning. Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia

> Polytechnic Institute and State University, developed an effective

> disinfecting procedure using white vinegar (or cider vinegar) and 3

> percent hydrogen peroxide (the same as found at the drugstore). These

> ingredients are completely nontoxic and inexpensive and work not only on

> fruit and vegetables but can be used to sanitize counters and

> preparation surfaces, including wooden cutting boards, as well.

>

> Here are the very simple directions for using these ingredients

> effectively: After you put the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide into

> individual spray bottles:

>

> 1. Spray your produce or work surface thoroughly first with vinegar and

> then with hydrogen peroxide.

>

> 2. Then rinse the produce under running water or wipe the surface with a

> clean wet sponge.

>

> Adapted from Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality &

> Long-Term Health, by Frank Lipman, M.D. (Jeremy Tarcher, Putnam, 2003).

>

> ***

>