Forums: March 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: Washing greens
Created on: 03/19/10 01:47 PM Views: 1681 Replies: 9
kmt Joined: 03/08/10 Posts: 13	Washing greens Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 at 1:47 PM I seem to have picked up a parasite. My Dr. suggested it may be from not washing greens well enough. He said there are sprays to disinfect. Any suggestions?
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Wild4Stars Joined: 12/27/09 Location: Florida Posts: 832	RE: Washing greens Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 at 1:51 PM I don't remember where I found this but it's a combo of vinegar and peroxide. I have both in a spray bottle, spray well with vinegar, then spray with peroxide and rinse well. Suppose to get rid of several things. Vikki ~ Wild4Stars@gmail.com
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Jasmine Joined: 03/02/10 Posts: 35	RE: Washing greens Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 at 4:48 PM I'm just warming up to greens and now "Parasites". I am a wimp when it comes to thinking about the possibility of such things. Can you get them from frozen greens? I'm gonna have to get a handle on this thought. As a good friend of mine would say, "Oh me"!
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uniquebuys Joined: 01/07/10 Posts: 69	RE: Washing greens Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 at 5:10 PM Sorry to hear you are sick. Drink lots liquid while you are recovering. On washing up the vegetables, I use a product called "Veggie Wash" and it works for me. I found it through Amazon.
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Jasmine Joined: 03/02/10 Posts: 35	RE: Washing greens Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 at 5:29 PM KMT, I feel humbled - I didn't even mention that I was sorry you are not feeling well - I focused on the parasites rather than their host and then on me! So Sorry! I do hope you are free of your visitors very soon and feeling tip top.
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Jasmine Joined: 03/02/10 Posts: 35	RE: Washing greens Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 at 5:29 PM KMT, I feel humbled - I didn't even mention that I was sorry you are not feeling well - I focused on the parasites rather than their host and then on me! So Sorry! I do hope you are free of your visitors very soon and feeling tip top.
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kmt Joined: 03/08/10 Posts: 13	RE: Washing greens Posted Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM Thanks for the tips -- and the good wishes. Jasmine - don't feel guilty about your response, or avoid greens! I have been fighting intestinal problems for some time, and 3 weeks vegan cleaned my intestinal track enough to eliminate many things the Drs. were wasting their time on. I went to an alternative Dr. who supports the vegan diet and he immediately said we were going to cleanse for parasites and over-growth of yeast. I am still in the treatment/elimination phase and don't feel so great -- but I am confident I will soon!
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Sassy Joined: 03/01/10 Posts: 6	RE: Washing greens Posted Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8:23 PM I hope you're beginning to feel better! I'm wondering what sort of parasite you'd get from "not washing greens enough." I'm a little skeptical of easy answers--doctors are as prone as the rest of us to take the easy way out (one agreed with a friend of mine that she'd been bitten all over her legs by a number of fresh-out-of-the-egg-sac spiders--a physical impossibility--those tiny spiders did not have fangs long enough to pierce our skin--but her doctor agreed with her that it was spider bites). So the possibility that you didn't wash your green enough may not mean much. I, too, read the vinegar-peroxide spray instructions (and don't remember the source--only that it seemed like a good, solid source). What I read was that it didn't matter what order you sprayed, just spray them separately (don't mix vinegar and peroxide), then rinse with water. That's what I do. I do get most of my greens from local growers I know (never had to worry a minute during the great spinach scare!).
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txdoglover Joined: 03/18/10 Posts: 69	RE: Washing greens Posted Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 10:28 AM KMT, Hope you are on your way to recovery. I wash my green even when they say they are triple washed. I use the veggie wash (w.veggie-wash.com).
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uniquebuys Joined: 01/07/10 Posts: 69	RE: Washing greens Posted Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2:57 PM txdoglover wrote: KMT, Hope you are on your way to recovery. I wash my green even when they say they are triple washed. I use the veggie wash (w.veggie-wash.com). ~~~ Txdoglover, I use the same wash and love it. I am glad to hear you are washing everything. Me, too! I put mine in a ziplock bag and shake 'em and then drain and rinse 'em. EJ
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