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How about if you keep the skin on with your other go-to fruits and veggies?
Keep reading for some much-needed mythbusting.
Sims wants to put this myth to rest.
Tamika Sims, PhD, is the Senior Director of Food Technology Communications at the International Food Information Council.
This isnt quite the case.
Both conventional and organic produce are grown with the use of pesticides, Dr. Sims says.
(For reference, studies show that the latter maycontain lower amounts of pesticides and other chemicals.)
Plus, some recipes call for fruits and veggies with the skin off.
But in most cases, as weve clarified, theresno need to throw these scraps out over safety concerns.
When these scraps cant be further utilized, composting is the next best thing, Dr. Sims says.
If youre new to composting, she recommendsheeding advice from the EPA.
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Tamika Sims, PhD, is the Senior Director of Food Technology Communications at the International Food Information Council.
