Yesterday I picked up a bag of baby carrots only because my grandson wanted them! Quite frankly, I never eat them as they are tasteless, even if each carrot contains 0.3 grams of dietary fiber. It’s the juice in each bag that bothers me and if there isn’t any juice, they appear to be dryer and covered with white stuff!
So, what’s the juice about?
Nearly all processed fruits and vegetables have an anti-microbial solution on them that is used to clean and protect them from developing bacteria. In the case of baby carrots, they are washed in a diluted chlorine bleach solution to clean them, with the idea that the chlorine evaporates fairly quickly leaving just water. With that said the solution in the bag is most likely some version of chlorine bleach with the white stuff being some version of dried chlorine.
The good news is that your produce is safe to eat as it will not contain bacteria even though it might be tasteless.
The bad news is that people like me who have constant digestive issues will experience disruptions in our digestive process. Some days more than others, even though we are eating our fruits and vegetables.
This phenomenon gets at one of my basic tenants of how and what I eat. As I have aged, I have welcomed all sorts of food allergies into my daily diet. In the process of dealing with them I have realized that taste is everything. If I eat a food and it is tasteless my mind almost immediately says STOP! Something is wrong with this food. You see I am of the belief that Mother Nature made all of her food tasty! It is US that take the taste away by processing or adding preservatives or anti-microbial washes to the produce. Don’t get me wrong, the process of washing and leaving the anti-microbial wash on those baby carrots makes them safe for me to eat. The mistake people make is that they eat them as they are!
Washing with water will eliminate some of the chlorine but it will not do much to help improve the flavor. Washing with Earth’s Natural Fruit and Vegetable Wash will remove the chlorine and improve the crispness and flavor of the produce. That’s what it’s designed to do! As I say many times every day, your produce will be cleaner, crispier and tastier!
If you are a non-believer that’s OK… all I ask is this… pick up a small bottle of my wash and wash those baby carrots, or lettuce, or apples or cucumbers. Eat a piece of produce that has been washed with my solution, then go back and try a piece washed in your normal way. I’m willing to bet that produce washed with my solution will taste the best. If not, I will give you your money back! If you would like more information on this product go to fruitandveggiewash.com
If you have examples of how my Fruit and Vegetable wash has worked for you please post on my Life’s Pure Balance Facebook account.
When your produce is truly clean, it will taste better, raw or cooked doesn’t matter. The flavor will be cleaner, crispier and tastier!
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