30 March 2009FOOD SENSITIVITY: FINDING PURE FOODS
Some people react to tiny traces of chemical contaminants and additives in foods. It is also known for people to be sensitive to water used in diluting drinks or processing foods.
To avoid chemical contaminants in food, use processed foods as little as possible. Buy organic food wherever possible, cook your own food from fresh ingredients, and do not use canned foods. Avoid eating salted, smoked or pickled foods of any kind. Store food in glass jars wherever possible, and avoid using plastic boxes and film for food storage, especially when food is warm. Buy milk and other drinks in glass bottles rather than in waxed cartons or plastic bottles.
The rind of lemons and other citrus fruits are sometimes waxed to protect them in transit and against infestation. Do not grate rinds. Alternatively, use organic citrus fruit.
Cultivate your butcher. Small local butchers may be better able to obtain meat from field-fed stock, or free-range poultry, or will know more about the farms from which their products come. Some are also willing to make up batches of your own blend sausages (e.g. lamb and buckwheat, turkey and oats). For mail order sources of organic foods, pure meat, poultry and sausages, see below.
Dried fruit is often treated with sulphur dioxide as a preservative and with vegetable oils to keep it moist. Foodwatch International supply untreated dried fruit.
Beware salad bars in restaurants, cafes and pubs. The salads are often sprayed with antioxidants to prevent deterioration.
Beware of chips. Frozen chips, and chips from fish and chip and fast food shops are sometimes treated with antioxidants.
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