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Lovin' The Homestead
I don't buy sweet taters at all. I don't like them well enough to take the risks.
I think it depends on where you are, and where the supplies come in from also. I've noticed a growing trend for some "organic" veggies to now be treated with "organic" preservatives. The results are the same, nasty stuff that rips your insides out. I can tolerate store bought organic potatoes, but as soon as we are able, we'll be growing our own, because I just don't really trust the commercial food supplies anymore.
Apples are a good example - along with sprouts. After the salmonella in sprouts scare, someone decided that it was a good idea to wash the sprouts, and then apples in a detergent. You can taste it on the sprouts, it tastes like soap. You can taste it all the way through an apple, even if you peel it. Washing them doesn't do any good, they still taste nasty. Organic ones taste just the same as non-organic. The stuff goes through you like sandpaper, with all the same effect - gives me a pretty bad belly ache and takes me days to recover.
So they've traded a minor risk (because salmonella really is only a minor risk), for a known harmful substance on every single batch. A remote risk that you might get sick (and usually not THAT sick), for a guarantee that you'll eventually end up with severe incurable bowel disease.
You know that "veggie wash" stuff they sell, even at health food stores? Same stuff. The only advantage is that you can wash it off then and there - when they put it on in the processing factories they leave it on, and it soaks into the food. But most people at home don't wash it off - they just leave it on and eat it anyway. Dumb... detergent designed to kill germs should NOT be ingested, it will kill friendly bacteria in your gut, and then kill the cells in your gut, layer by layer, because the surface cells that line the intestines are very close to bacteria in behavior - both are fast growing cells, which is what preservatives and cleansers target.
I'm pretty careful about root veggies of any kind, some carrots, turnips, parsnips, onions, and other roots are also sprayed, though less often than potatoes, and I can now only buy certain brands of organic apples.
I think it depends on where you are, and where the supplies come in from also. I've noticed a growing trend for some "organic" veggies to now be treated with "organic" preservatives. The results are the same, nasty stuff that rips your insides out. I can tolerate store bought organic potatoes, but as soon as we are able, we'll be growing our own, because I just don't really trust the commercial food supplies anymore.
Apples are a good example - along with sprouts. After the salmonella in sprouts scare, someone decided that it was a good idea to wash the sprouts, and then apples in a detergent. You can taste it on the sprouts, it tastes like soap. You can taste it all the way through an apple, even if you peel it. Washing them doesn't do any good, they still taste nasty. Organic ones taste just the same as non-organic. The stuff goes through you like sandpaper, with all the same effect - gives me a pretty bad belly ache and takes me days to recover.
So they've traded a minor risk (because salmonella really is only a minor risk), for a known harmful substance on every single batch. A remote risk that you might get sick (and usually not THAT sick), for a guarantee that you'll eventually end up with severe incurable bowel disease.
You know that "veggie wash" stuff they sell, even at health food stores? Same stuff. The only advantage is that you can wash it off then and there - when they put it on in the processing factories they leave it on, and it soaks into the food. But most people at home don't wash it off - they just leave it on and eat it anyway. Dumb... detergent designed to kill germs should NOT be ingested, it will kill friendly bacteria in your gut, and then kill the cells in your gut, layer by layer, because the surface cells that line the intestines are very close to bacteria in behavior - both are fast growing cells, which is what preservatives and cleansers target.
I'm pretty careful about root veggies of any kind, some carrots, turnips, parsnips, onions, and other roots are also sprayed, though less often than potatoes, and I can now only buy certain brands of organic apples.
This is me being cautiously optimistic!
