Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 hi jo, It is always a good idea to wash. but sometimes I wonder if I am dirtying my fruit by washing it given all the loose " clean " water standards set forth by the Bush and the EPA. my opinion is a proper balance is needed. we musn't be too clean and we mustn be too dirty. the whole reason why we need to supplement with b12 in the first place is because of practices that are too sanitary, all the b12 is washed out of the vegetables. B12 is a bacteria found in soil. It is a beneficial bacteria and our body needs good bacteria. Does it not also, depend on the fruit? I think an orange can be taken off the tree and eaten, while a strawberry growing on the ground might not be so clean. I have heard of people getting sick because of too much cleanliness, their immune systems never got a chance to develop. there is a current trend in NYC, to put covers on the shopping carts when a baby is sat down in the front seat of a shopping cart. I am not so sure that is necesary? on the other hand, carelessnes with dirt and uncleanliness can bring all sorts of misery and illnesses. i. e. cholera, e. coli. salmonella, SARS, The bird flu when my taga and I went to the dominican republic in 2003, He and my oldest little boy where sick for an entire week because we drank the water. I never got sick, I believe it was because I lived there as a child. They were miserable with diarhea and he had to miss work. Meanwhile, Ansel, who was 10 months old. did not get sick at all, because he was breastfeed by me. my opinion is that a balance is needed. -anouk , " jo " <jo.heartwork wrote: > > Thanks Peter. I did look at it once, but all the advice given is just to wash with running water, or to give a short soak in salt water. > > Jo > - > peter VV > > Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:07 PM > Re: vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > I dont know if you are interested Jo, but there is a product that I saw in the health food shop , a spray that you use on your fruit & veg to clean it? cant remember the name of it right now, but if you are interested , then I will check necxt time I am in there? > > The Valley Vegan.............. > > jo <jo.heartwork wrote: > Yes, it is going round and round and I am not going to repeat what I have > said or re-send the same information - it would be fruitless :-) > > Jo > > - > <yarrow > > Tuesday, February 06, 2007 8:03 AM > Re: vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > >All that you have said still leads me to believe that you would be > > >better off washing everything. May I ask why you don't wash? I know > > >someone who admits it is just pure laziness. > > > > This is going round and round in circles. On the one side, those who > > think everything needs to be washed, even sun-warmed tomatoes and > > raspberries picked directly from one's own garden! On the other side, > > those who think there are more important things to spend their time > > on, and who basically don't understand the question, and who can't > > resist eating just-picked food they grow themselves. > > > > I don't wash some produce from my garden, for a variety of reasons, > > which I listed. Food from my garden is, in fact, cleaner than any > > food I could buy. Bacteria and fungi and insects are in every food, > > on every surface -- they're part of life, and there's no escaping > > them. > > > > Why do you think everything needs to be washed? And how, exactly, do > > you wash everything so that you are satisfied that, say, all the > > germs from all the people who have handled it are neutralized, and > > free from contamination from any manure it may have been grown in? Do > > you use some special materials or techniques? > > > > > > To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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