Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to get rid of them on our plates?
updated the 14 July 2015 à 18:33A balanced diet is very good, but not always enough. Fruits and vegetables, fish, meat or kitchen utensils can contain hidden harmful compounds. Here are some tips for getting rid of them.
By adopting the five fruits and vegetables a day diet, fish twice a week, less salt, sugar, processed food and red meat, we thought we had got it right at last. We were saying goodbye to nutritional threats and hello to well-being and longevity! It’s true, except for one thing; apples, carrots, fish fillets, dairy products and crispbreads may be “healthy”, but they are sometimes loaded with chemical toxins. Ingested without our knowledge, these invisible poisons – pesticides, heavy metals, endocrine disruptors – accumulate in the body.
In the long term, these can cause cancers, neurological disorders and a plethora of chronic inflammatory diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and fibromyalgia).
Worried already? Check out our guide on how to banish these pollutants from your kitchen and protect your health.
Read more from our “pesticides” report:
Fruits and vegetables: Home for pesticides
Fish and shellfish: A source of harmful mercury
Meat and dairy products: Beware of dioxins and PCBs
Healthy eating: how to avoid carcinogenic acrylamide grocery products
Kitchenware: Choosing toxins-free varieties
Sylvia Vaisman
