Detoxing Non-Organic Produce

Detoxing Non-Organic Produce

If you can’t find organic varieties, use these methods to reduce your toxic exposure:

• Use a vegetable peeler to remove the skin from commercial varieties of apples, pears, nectarines and potatoes. You’ll probably need a paring knife to peel peaches.
• For bell peppers, apples and celery, use an acid wash:

1. Fill a large bowl or a plastic food storage container with water.
2. Add a cup of distilled vinegar.
3. Let the produce rest in the tub for 10 to 25 minutes, and then use a vegetable scrub brush to scrub each piece for about 60 seconds.
4. For grapes and cherries, just let them soak for about 60 minutes.

The clean dozen you don’t have to worry about buying organic? Asparagus, avocados, cabbage, eggplant, kiwi, mangoes, onions, papayas, pineapples, sweet corn, sweet peas and watermelon.