Another great day… a full one for certain. I wanted to pass along some information that is important for your health, especially if you are now inspired to eat more whole foods and raw veggies.
The cocktail (baby) carrots available in small plastic bags are made using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a machine that cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots – most people probably know this already. What you should also know is the following: Once the carrots are cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped in a solution of water and chlorine to preserve them – the same chlorine used in your pool! Since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give them a higher dose of chlorine.
You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots. This is the chlorine which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk to have esthetically pleasing vegetables?
Chlorine is a very well-known carcinogen, which causes cancer… I thought this was worth passing on. Pass it on to as many people as possible in hopes of letting people know where these carrots come from and how they are processed – ESPECIALLY since these are considered “cute” snacks for our kids!
BEWARE! All pre-cut veggies as well as fruits have begun oxidizing. Cut fresh and use fresh! There is even more danger with fruits. If a melon, for instance, is going bad – they will ignore the fact that the whole fruit is now energetically spoiled and – they will cut off the “bad” and cut up the rest in pieces… and… charge You more for their “trouble”… More deception from people we think are acting in our best interests!
