Ways of Reducing Time Pesticides in Food Ingredients

The use of pesticides and other chemicals in agriculture is continuously raised fears of food contamination by chemicals that are harmful to humans. Pesticide hazards to humans, among others lead to cancer and disrupt hormone systems.
Research World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Environment Programme predicts that 3 million people working in agriculture in developing countries, including Indonesia, exposed to toxic pesticides.



Meanwhile, the food we eat every day still contain high pesticide residues. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture study, residues were found in 99 percent of non-organic food in the samples of milk and 100 percent of the sample of butter. Nearly 70 percent of all wheat-flour contained detectable pesticides.

"It is likely that exposure to hazardous substances is available in each food or drink non-organic," said Warren Porter, a zoology and environmental toxicology at the University of Wisconsin.

According to Porter, the pesticide is a molecular compound that can penetrate and destroy every cell in the body, including brain, ovary, and testis.

Although organic products is a good choice to avoid pesticides, but in fact the price of the product is expensive to be a barrier for many people. For that there are several ways you can do, for example by washing food before consumption, choosing meat and poultry products are free of antibiotics.

Each year, the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit health organization, launched 15 list of food products containing at least the content of pesticides, including onions, corn, pineapples, avocados, cabbage, sweet peas, asparagus, mango, eggplant, kiwi, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, oranges, watermelons, and fungi.

Here is a healthy food practices that significantly reduce the amount of pesticide that you might get from food:

A. Wash
Wash and scrub all fresh fruits and vegetables under running water to remove chemicals, bacteria, and dirt. Some pesticides can penetrate into the flesh, but washing may not remove all pesticide residues.

2. Peel
Peel all the skin of fruits and vegetables before you eat them. Discard outer leaves of lettuce and other leafy vegetables. When cooking meat or poultry, remove the fat or skin to give double protection. This method is quite effective in removing pesticide residues that accumulate dilemak, and reducing cholesterol and saturated fat intake.

3. Variation
Eat a variety of foods from various sources to help reduce the possibility of a single exposure to pesticides as well get a healthy mix of nutrients.



Sources: newsmaxhealth