How to Make Your Own Fruit and Vegetable Wash

Commercial fruit and vegetable washes fail to work better than tap water, but there is a cheap do-it-yourself solution that may completely eliminate certain pesticide residues.

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This is a bit of an intermission in my 5-part series on organic foods. So far I’ve covered the questions Are Organic Foods More Nutritious? (nutrititionfacts.org/video/Are-Organic-Foods-Mo…) and Are Organic Foods Safer? (nutritionfacts.org/video/are-organic-foods-safer)

Next, I’m going to wrap it up with what I think the available science suggests is the bottom-line when it comes to choosing which type of produce to buy in the final two in the series:
• Are Organic Foods Healthier? (nutritionfacts.org/video/are-organic-foods-heal…)
• Are the Benefits of Organic Food Underrated or Overrated? (nutritionfacts.org/video/are-the-benefits-of-or…)

The most important reason to wash produce is to reduce the risk of food-borne illness. Ironically, the food poisoning viruses may be found in the pesticides themselves. Check out my video Norovirus Food Poisoning from Pesticides (nutritionfacts.org/video/norovirus-food-poisoni…).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-make-your-own-f… and he'll try to answer it!

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