{"id":343198,"date":"2014-11-25T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html"},"modified":"2014-11-25T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T07:00:05","slug":"chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html","title":{"rendered":"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to get rid of them on our plates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shutterstock_132445160-750x410\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>

By adopting the five fruits and vegetables<\/a> 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<\/a>, carrots, fish fillets, dairy products and\u00a0crispbreads 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.<\/p>

In the long term, these can cause cancers, neurological disorders and a plethora of chronic inflammatory diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and fibromyalgia).<\/p>

Worried already? Check out our guide on how\u00a0to banish these pollutants from your\u00a0kitchen and protect your health<\/a>.<\/p>

Read more from\u00a0our \"pesticides\" report:<\/span> <\/h2>

Fruits and vegetables: Home for pesticides<\/a><\/p>

Fish and shellfish: A source of harmful mercury<\/a><\/p>

Meat and dairy products: Beware of dioxins and PCBs<\/a><\/p>

Healthy eating: how to avoid carcinogenic acrylamide grocery products<\/a><\/p>

Kitchenware: Choosing toxins-free varieties<\/a><\/p>

Sylvia Vaisman<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":54454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16923],"tags":[1645684,1642553,19446,19447,1638818,18847,20136,1644930,1646372,1635984,1636067,1646373,1635264,1646374,1636209],"class_list":["post-343198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-my-plate-hk","tag-award-2-hk","tag-balanced-diet-hk","tag-eat-hk","tag-food-2-hk","tag-fruit-hk","tag-health-2-hk","tag-healthy-hk","tag-kilos-hk","tag-pesticide-hk","tag-sick-hk","tag-toxic-hk","tag-toxin-hk","tag-unhealthy-hk","tag-unwell-hk","tag-vegetables-hk"],"yoast_head":"\nPesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to rid them from our plates? - Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to rid them from our plates?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marie France Asia, women's magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"665\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lindsay POUI-DI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mariefranceasia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lindsay POUI-DI\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lindsay POUI-DI\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae98d39df3fda60dfef48eb2d366b991\"},\"headline\":\"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to get rid of them on our plates?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"award\",\"balanced diet\",\"eat\",\"food\",\"fruit\",\"health\",\"healthy\",\"kilos\",\"pesticide\",\"sick\",\"toxic\",\"toxin\",\"unhealthy\",\"unwell\",\"vegetables\"],\"articleSection\":[\"On my plate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#respond\"]}],\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html\",\"name\":\"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to rid them from our plates?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae98d39df3fda60dfef48eb2d366b991\"},\"description\":\"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html\"]}],\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":665},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to get rid of them on our plates?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/\",\"name\":\"Marie France Asia, women's magazine\",\"description\":\"Marie France Asia: fashion, health, beauty, love & travel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae98d39df3fda60dfef48eb2d366b991\",\"name\":\"Lindsay POUI-DI\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1bf325055d6f51fac51efa8c1fa2021f48c55ee376d74a8ee8e3c0fc76fce86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1bf325055d6f51fac51efa8c1fa2021f48c55ee376d74a8ee8e3c0fc76fce86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lindsay POUI-DI\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/author\/lindsay\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to rid them from our plates? - Hong Kong","description":"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to rid them from our plates?","og_description":"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html","og_site_name":"Marie France Asia, women's magazine","article_published_time":"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":665,"url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lindsay POUI-DI","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mariefranceasia","twitter_site":"@mariefranceasia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lindsay POUI-DI","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html"},"author":{"name":"Lindsay POUI-DI","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae98d39df3fda60dfef48eb2d366b991"},"headline":"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to get rid of them on our plates?","datePublished":"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html"},"wordCount":189,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg","keywords":["award","balanced diet","eat","food","fruit","health","healthy","kilos","pesticide","sick","toxic","toxin","unhealthy","unwell","vegetables"],"articleSection":["On my plate"],"inLanguage":"en-HK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#respond"]}],"dateModified":"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html","url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html","name":"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to rid them from our plates?","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg","datePublished":"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae98d39df3fda60dfef48eb2d366b991"},"description":"A balanced diet isn't always enough. Fruits, veggies and even utensils may contain harmful pesticides and toxins that are well hidden - read more here...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-HK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html"]}],"dateModified":"2014-11-25T07:00:05+00:00"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-HK","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg","width":1000,"height":665},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/chassons-les-toxiques-de-nos-assiettes-343198.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pesticides, mercury, dioxins: How to get rid of them on our plates?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/","name":"Marie France Asia, women's magazine","description":"Marie France Asia: fashion, health, beauty, love & travel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-HK"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ae98d39df3fda60dfef48eb2d366b991","name":"Lindsay POUI-DI","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-HK","@id":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1bf325055d6f51fac51efa8c1fa2021f48c55ee376d74a8ee8e3c0fc76fce86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1bf325055d6f51fac51efa8c1fa2021f48c55ee376d74a8ee8e3c0fc76fce86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lindsay POUI-DI"},"url":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/author\/lindsay"}]}},"categories_slugs":[{"16923":"on-my-plate-hk"}],"author_name":"Lindsay POUI-DI","featured_image":{"id":54454,"name":"Alimentation Bio","copyright":"","media":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_100258055.jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"medias":null,"info_bloc_resume_post":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}