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How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

Tired of eating pesticides in fruits and vegetables?

You are not the only one ! Pesticides in agriculture are unfortunately very widespread.

But unfortunately organic is not cheap!

Wondering how to wash fruit to remove pesticides?

Fortunately, there are 2 simple techniques for removing pesticides from fruits and vegetables.

In both cases, just use baking soda. Watch:

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

1. Put about this amount of baking soda in your hand and wet the apple

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

2. Vigorously rub the apple with the baking soda between your two hands

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

3. Rinse thoroughly under running water

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

4. Dry with a clean cloth

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

There you go, you have removed the pesticides from the apple :-)

It's a practical and effective use of baking soda to eat without pesticides!

For fragile fruits and vegetables:

How to Remove Pesticides from Fruits and Vegetables Easily.

How to

1. Put water in the bottom of your clean sink.

2. Add three tablespoons of baking soda to the water.

3. Immerse fruits and vegetables in water.

4. Leave for a quarter of an hour.

5. Rinse fruits and vegetables well under running water.

Result

There you go, you have removed a good part of the pesticides on fruits and vegetables :-)

If you don't have baking soda, we recommend this one.

You now know how to remove pesticides from vegetables and fruits.

It's an effective, simple and natural trick to get rid of pesticide residues in food.

Know that these 2 tips work for all fruits (apples, strawberries, grapes, pears, pomegranate, persimmon, grapes, raspberries, cherries, treated lemon, treated orange etc.) and for all vegetables (tomatoes, carrots, peppers, beans greens, broccoli, salads, endives, potatoes etc.).

Of course, these 2 techniques make it possible to remove a good part of the pesticides and phytosanitary products, but not all of them.

This is always better than nothing. These two grandmother's tricks allow you to clean and disinfect fruits and vegetables without damaging them.

Unfortunately, French apples are well known to be poisoned by pesticides.

And we know that pesticides are dangerous for human health, but also for bees.

Bonus tips

There is another trick for washing fruits and vegetables with vinegar. Here's how.

It is best to always choose organic fruits and vegetables to avoid eating pesticides.

Here are 7 tips for eating organic on the cheap. And eating organic is better for your health. The proof with this family who ate organic for two weeks.

Or, it is better to avoid buying the 10 fruits and vegetables most contaminated by pesticides:grapes, celery... If you want to know the most contaminated fruits and vegetables, click here.

Last solution:grow your vegetables at home. That way, you are sure that there are no pesticides! You will see, it is very easy and economical.

Your turn...

Have you tried this trick to remove pesticides? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!