The incalculable harm from the ickled vegetables and fruits with brine

Method of washing, brine pickled vegetables that harmful substances are retained longer and penetrate deep inside.

Wrong views with brine pickled vegetables

For years, women have a habit homemaker vegetables soaked in salt water to detoxify chemicals. This is a common method of each transmission sisters and habits "latent" nudity is not only dangerous in rural areas but also in major cities.

Hoai Thu (32, Ha Dong, Hanoi) said: "I had this habit since I was staying with family, methods vegetables with salt water washing convenience, antimicrobial should regularly go to the market on, I soak always with fruit and vegetables in salt water. "

The same habit, Ms. Hoang Anh (43, Long Bien District, Hanoi) share, you do not only or pickled vegetables, fruit with salt water to remove pesticides, preservatives which she also used wash water fruits are "popular" in the market.

However, according to experts said the chemical, this is the wrong perspective because the brine and rinse fruits are only effective antiseptic, completely useless in removing chemicals.

Moreover, so long soaking vegetables - root - the 'toxic' in concentrated salt water and detergent water quality may deteriorate, vegetable corrupted, lose of appetite, or even dirt also reverse osmosis.

Share with the press, Dr. Dang Thi Cam Ha - the woman with 20 years of scientific research on microorganisms (consultation of the President of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) analysis: "Soak vegetables , brine results in not only losing those substances harmful to health but also keep the osmotic pressure. A mistake to give up the habit immediately! ".

At the same perspective, Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, lecturer in Food Technology, Polytechnic University of Hanoi, confirmed brine almost useless in removing pesticides, preservatives in food .

"Many people use salt water to kill bacteria in meat, fish, stale, smelly breath or pickled vegetables you buy at the market. In essence, the brine is effective only inhibit or kill bacteria in a certain extent, not all. Regarding pesticide chemicals, brine does not work as many people think. "

According to Dr. Thinh, does not have a solution that can completely eliminate pesticide, preservative chemicals on the vegetables, tubers, and other foods. Meanwhile, saltwater only antiseptic effect, completely useless in removing chemicals. However, chemical pesticides soluble in water. Such a large rainfall can wash pesticides on vegetable tops, tree tops to 70-80%

Decontamination safe vegetables

To remove the chemicals, plant protection substances in foods is important, according to both experts, soaked repeatedly washed with clean water is the best, wash 4-5 times.

According to Professor Jin Ha, the best way to wash vegetables safely is: After buying vegetables and fruits on the need to rinse it under running water to wash away. Then soak vegetables and fruits in water for about 10 minutes. Note that not soak vegetables and fruits under water for too long will lose vitamins. Then rinse vegetables, fruits again, then drained dry flakes. The next step is for the fridge, carry out until the next day to wash it again before processing. "How to wash vegetables and fruits are very simple to wash away, losing more than 90% of substances that are harmful to health." "This step is washing vegetables should also apply to all the vegetables you buy in shops, supermarkets are branded as 'vegetable'" she Cam Ha said.