Eating Lots of Fruits and Vegetables Will Not Eliminate the Risk of Digestive System Disorders
If you are the quintessential American, the odds are good that your diet looks like something of a mix between the occasional leafy green – usually only seen in the form of garnish on a restaurant platter – and the much more prevalent hamburger and prepackaged fare that makes up the majority of supermarket store items currently displayed on the aisles of shelves. Between work, school, children’s activities, and a host of social obligations, the need to eat healthy has been compromised with and in return for the occasion dietary supplement, the average consumer fervently hopes that all will be well with the gastrointestinal tract – at least for the time being.
It is only in the face of illness, or the sudden realization that this kind of lifestyle is shaving off valuable years from the lives of those engaged therein that a sudden stillness sets in and it is during that moment of inactivity that the need to begin eating better fully enters the mind and understanding. Naturally, in truly American fashion many a thus converted consumer will go all out and eat fruits and veggie as though there were no tomorrow. Sadly, eating lots of fruits and vegetables will not eliminate the risk of digestive system disorders unless you take some precautions.
Consider for a moment the way these fruits and veggies are grown; by and large commercial growers must rely on bulk to generate sufficient sales to cover costs and also turn a profit, and therefore anything that might take away from a plentiful harvest is a direct assault on the business’ bottom line. In the same vein, once the fruits and veggies are harvested and displayed at the grocery store, only the biggest and most beautiful specimens will be purchased by the consumers and considering the precarious shelf life of product, the sale must be made quickly.
This of course leads to copious spraying with herbicides, insecticides, and fertilizers, and by the time the fruit is displayed, it is waxed and colored and not at all as healthy as one might expect. Since many a nutritional maven suggests that fruits and veggies should be eaten with the peel on, a plethora of these toxins make it into the digestive system and thus will set the latter up for diarrhea, constipation, and even a build up of toxins if fecal matter is not properly evacuated.
Of course, there are some steps you can take to eat your fruit and enjoy the health benefits that would normally be associated with them. First and foremost, buy organic. Do not worry what the fruits may look like, be more concerned with the stuff that you cannot see, and if the fruit looks good enough to be not real, then the odds are good that it probably has just about as much nutritional value as its plastic counterparts. Wash fruits and veggies thoroughly and do not hesitate to use a mild dish soap to remove soil and any lingering microbes or other bacteria on the outside.
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