2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Most of us probably grew up with the popular children's movie about Popeye the Sailor, who achieved his inflated muscles not with steroids, as is "modern" today, but by cramming with spinach.
Yes, those times are long gone, but not just because of the advent of steroids and all other synthetic drugs to "pump up" muscles, but because there is no way to be sure what exactly we are consuming. Even so spinach, which is good for our health hides quite a few risks.
Exactly something similar happened in Istanbul in early November On 04.11. local private television reported that because consumption of spinach 44 people were poisoned. Already 25 of them have been discharged, but the condition of the remaining 19 people is still unstable.
It is too early to say whether this is due to pesticides from the soil in which the spinach itself is grown, or whether it is the result of poisonous chemicals with which it is sprayed in order not to lose its freshness and to "catch" more easily. the buyer's eye.
This is yet to be clarified, as well as in which stores the toxic spinach was sold. But it is no secret that in order to make a more marketable product, such techniques are used by many retailers around the world.
However, all this does not mean that you should stop consuming spinach or other leafy vegetables, because so much has been written about their benefits that you will not want to "inflate" your head again with all their benefits for human health. They are indisputable - do not stop consuming them, but find out how to protect yourself from the "possible" risks that can hide both spinach and its "brothers".
You only need to follow 3 steps to protect yourself from the risks of chemicals in vegetables.
1. Choose only seasonal leafy vegetables to best protect yourself from the risk of them nitrate bomb. Also, do not choose too large leafy vegetables, because they may be treated with pesticides for faster growth.
2. Always remove the stalks from leafy vegetables, because they usually contain the most nitratesas well as toxic substances.
3. Soak leafy vegetables - pre-cleaned, well in cold water for at least 30 minutes, changing it at least 3 times. For this purpose, it is best to get a centrifuge for vegetables so that you can more easily remove excess water from them. This is especially necessary if you are planning to use the leaves of specific vegetables to prepare a salad. Because it would be a complete delusion on your part if you think that spinach should only be found in soups and stews. Baby spinach makes excellent salads!
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