{"id":53543,"date":"2020-06-07T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53543"},"modified":"2020-06-07T11:31:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T16:31:05","slug":"how-to-wash-fruits-and-vegetables-a-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53543","title":{"rendered":"How to Wash Fruits and Vegetables: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/how-to-wash-fruits-and-vegetables-2646161674.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3\">How to Wash Fruits and Vegetables: A Complete Guide<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh fruits and vegetables are a healthy way to incorporate vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants into your diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before eating fresh fruits and vegetables, it has long been a recommendation to rinse them well with water to remove any unwanted residues from their surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, given the COVID-19 pandemic, many headlines have been circulating that encourage more abrasive ways to wash fresh produce before eating it, making some people wonder whether water is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article reviews the best practices for washing various fresh fruits and vegetables before eating them, as well as methods that are not recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why You Should Wash Fresh Produce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global pandemic or not, properly washing fresh fruits and vegetables is a good habit to practice to minimize the ingestion of potentially harmful residues and germs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh produce is handled by numerous people before you purchase it from the grocery store or the farmers market. It&#8217;s best to assume that not every hand that has touched fresh produce has been clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all of the people constantly bustling through these environments, it&#8217;s also safe to assume that much of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/fresh-vs-frozen-fruit-and-vegetables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fresh produce<\/a>&nbsp;you purchase has been coughed on, sneezed on, and breathed on as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adequately washing fresh fruits and vegetables before you eat them can significantly reduce residues that may be left on them during their journey to your kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washing fresh fruits and vegetables is a proven way to remove germs and unwanted residues from their surfaces before eating them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Produce Cleaning Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While rinsing fresh produce with water has long been the traditional method of preparing fruits and veggies before consumption, the current pandemic has many people wondering whether that&#8217;s enough to really clean them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Wash Fruits and Vegetables: A Complete Guide Fresh fruits and vegetables are a healthy way to incorporate vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants into your diet. Before eating fresh fruits and vegetables, it has long been a recommendation to rinse them well with water to remove any unwanted residues from their surfaces. However, given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8375,29850],"class_list":["post-53543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-ecowatch","tag-lauren-panoff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53544,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53543\/revisions\/53544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}