Visiting Ontario- advise please

hi desertmama - i live and was treated in Ontario.  I washed fruit and veggies under the tap, no special solutions and i did not pick anything up during chemo.  However i did try to eat local as much as possible, which is extremely tough in the winter months.  Almost impossible really.  You are lucky that there is a lot of fresh produce locally grown readily available this time of year.  The reason i stress local produce is that my dietician told me that our standards here for pesticide use are much much stricker than other parts of the world and should feel safe eating them.  If you really want to wash your produce in a "cleaner" they are available at health food stores like GNC

I just washed everything under tap water - but for something like peaches, I would probably peel them...just to be on the safe side

Enjoy!

A woman I know who is a registered dietician, works in our local hospital told me that the vegetable/fruit washing products were a scam. That just as you wash your hands, wash your fruit/vegetables (without the soap!). Also if you wash your peaches and carefully dry them you will rub off most of the fuzz and then you can just bite into a juicy, luscious Ontario peach. We are eating them every day as many as possible because when the season is over in Ontario it's over for peaches until next year.

Hello:  I reside  Ontario and wish you a wonderful visit

I have not had peaches this year

eating mangoes and papaya, my favs

Just was them really well, anything

even cantaloupes

Sierra