Preference is desirable to give the local vegetables and fruits, because imported fruits are always harvested from bushes and trees have not yet ripened. This is done in order to facilitate transportation of products, and "ripen" them then, and artificial. And how many in them of nutrients? Very small, so it is better to choose the later vegetables and don't rush for early vitamins.
When you choose fresh fruits vegetables in the first place it is necessary to pay attention to their appearance. You should be alerted too large fruit, with uneven color or very light in colour, devoid of odour. For example, a good tomato when cut, have a uniform color. If the skin is darker and visible inside the lighter shades of flesh, they were grown with the use of nitrates. Choose these not worth it.
After buying any vegetables or fruit they should be washed in a special solution to remove surface pesticide residue. To do this, take a bowl of water, pour into it the juice of half a lemon and a small pinch of sea salt. This water is able to wash off the peel of vegetables and fruit the "chemistry".
How to reduce the quantity of dangerous fertilizers in the fruits and protect your body? Chemicals more likely to be in those parts of fruits which provide SAP. For example, the radish is a ponytail, carrots and cabbage – rod, and cucumbers and zucchini – peel. That is, before eating the vegetables, you need to delete the main part, then the chemicals get into the body.
How to choose fresh herbs? If the greens are sickly, then this is a sure sign that it was grown at a rapid pace with the use of nitrates. Choosing a head of lettuce, onions, parsley or dill, you need to flip it vertically and see the elasticity of the product. If the greens holds its shape well, so it's quality, and if you bent down, it is a sign that it was treated with chemicals.
Of course, after a winter of conservation really want fresh vegetables, and the body demands vitamins. But a head to lose. Remember the main principle: do not rush to purchase early vegetables and greens, wait until the ground fruit from local orchards and then you will be assured of their quality and usefulness.