Peeling or not fruits and veggies

alain23

Hello,

There is a new post about a subject I really like : nutrition

In one of my last message I wrote that we have to peel fruits and vegetables. Well maybe it mas not right. I think it depends on the situation. If our immune system is weak we have to cook them anyway (1), so

I am not sure that peeling will be useful. But anyway if your immune system is weak or not, it depends on many things.

The skin contains interesting nutriments but can also contain pesticids. So it depends if they contains pesticids or not according to the kinf of agriculture.I also read that if we must peel, we have to do thin peels to loose less nutriments.

But Fruits and vegetables are healthy and it's good to eat them (but ask your medical team which ones are good in your situation) . I alse read that fruits and vegetables form organic agriculture contains 40% more nutriments and usually much less pesticids. Furthermore they cost only 10% more, what is a really small difference. (only 3 dollars a week). After that if you really can't afford organic fruits and veggies I read that some of them really have few pesticids, even if thex come from classical agriculture (onions, brocollis, and so on) but thex have 40% less nutriments and the difference of price is small.

Anyway this is not a medical advise , just informations I read and we have to ask our medical team .

Have a nice evening

A

(1) I read that cooking with steam is the best way to preserve nutriments. But ask your medical team if it's ok to kill all the bacterias and how much time it takes

sweetbean

I peel stuff that is not organic.  If it is organic, then I just wash it.