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Warning from the expert: Keeping fruits and vegetables in vinegar-added water for a certain period of time is not sufficient to eliminate viruses!

The Academic Member Dr. Başak Gökçe Çöl from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Istanbul Gelisim University made a warning as follows: ‘’ Keeping fruits and vegetables in vinegar-added water for a certain period of time does not kill viruses entirely. Therefore, wash all of your vegetables and fruits under running water or keep them in carbonated water for a certain period of time.

’’It has become important to strengthen our immune system following the occurrence of epidemics. The consumers, who wanted to be nourished more organically and healthily, tended towards the consumption of fruits and vegetables. However, the fruits and vegetables that are not cleaned properly bring the consumers face to face with illnesses such as cancer. 

The Academic Member Dr. Başak Gökçe Çöl from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Istanbul Gelisim University made a warning having said: ‘’Keeping the fruits and vegetables in vinegar-added water for a while does not kill viruses as a whole. Therefore, clean your vegetables and fruits under running water or keep them in carbonated water for a certain period of time.’’

400 G OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SHOULD BE CONSUMED PER DAY!

The fruits and vegetables that are substantially rich in terms of fibre are those of indispensable foods of diet lists. These foods having substantial importance from the point of view of the health of intestine go through various processes until they come from the field up to our dinner table. According to the researches, made by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States of America, the foods could be best cleaned by scrubbing under the running water.  The Academic Member Dr. Başak Gökçe Çöl, who drew attention to the consumption of vegetable and fruit having positive effects on health, made evaluations with relation to the subject matter having said:

‘’It is known that the consumption of at least 5 portions (400 g) of various fruits and vegetables as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) prevents the occurrence of serious health problems such as cardiac disease, paralysis (stroke), some types of cancer and so on. However, the consumption of the fruits and vegetables that have not been cleaned properly creates some physical, microbial and chemical risks. Therefore, while picking up the fruits and vegetables that you will make ready for consumption, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact the outer shells of them contain no decay, bruise or stain on them. At the same time, it is necessary to separate the decayed and bruised parts of the fruits and vegetables before all else during the washing process, and then, they should be consumed after proper washing.’’

THE BEST METHOD OF WASHING: KEEPING THEM IN CARBONATED WATER FOR A WHILE

It has been proved according to the scientific studies so made that washing the fruits and vegetables by keeping them in carbonated water for an envisaged period of time helped the cleaning (elimination) of more pesticide residues in comparison with the fruits and vegetables, soaked in the vinegar-containing water for a certain period of time.

Mrs. Çöl, who emphasized that it was necessary to carry out required hygiene measures and applications in order to consume the fruits and vegetables that have been the indispensables of the public health in a manner that would create the least damage or harm to the body, emphasized that it was necessary to show a separate attention and care for all foods coming to the dinner tables.