/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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Scrub or remove the outside of the fruit/veggies to remove pesticides (apple skin, orange peels, bananas, leafy greens, etc). Use soap, water, and a plastic pot scrubber to do this. Then rinse it well. Wash your hands after doing either so that you don't transfer anything to your mouth/face. Systemic pesticides can normally be cooked out since they are normally not heat stable (carrots, corn, tomatoes, leafy greens, etc). Organic pesticides can still be a problem.

The best thing you can do is avoid all foods that you didn't personally raise/grow and cook. Some people can't do that, but whatever. Growing crops without any type of pesticide will normally go a long long way to preventing allergic reactions with your food. I became a farmer for this very reason.

Thoughts?