Facts about our food:

before purchasing...

*check your financial status.

*prepare a list of dietary products you want to buy & share it with the household members.

*think of buyying the important products only.

while shopping...

*ignore the products in adverts.

*pick the requirable dietary products not the excitable ones.

*try to buy organic fruits & vegetables in their time.

*do not buy any dietary products with no info on the package.

*the important info are:

-content of the product -production country

-preperation way -conservation way

-date of exp. and prod.

*do not take the children with you while shopping.

* do not go shopping while you are hungry!!!

how you can recognise added chemicals to food...

*this next list include most of the chenicals on their digital code:

+colours E100 to E181

+preservation E200 to 290

+antioxidant & acid organizing E296 to 385

+emulsifier,benefactors&stabilizers E400 to E495

+conglomeration barrier E500 to E585

+flavors E620 to E640

+sweetining[sugar alternatives] E900 to E1520

*how can use this list:

-if there is a green E in the product this mean the added material not harmful or not proven yet to be harmful.

-if E is proceeded with H it means the product content is from animal source[pigs for example].

-if E is black it means this material may cause some sort of allergy especially for children [E621 for example].

-if E a red rectangle means this material & not legal because of its harmful affect [carfciogenic],for example E924 or potasium bromate known as bread benefactor.

-E1510 is alcholic material.

fruiuts and vegetables.....

*avoid washing the fruts & vegetables before putting them inthe fridge .

*use a brush while washing them with running water.

*fruits and vegetables contains enzymes that may lead to some changes during storage,like change in colour or growth of buds & rots so should be kept in the fridge to stop the action of the enzymes.

*check this list:

( type of food) (conserviting time)

apple 3 weeks

plums & apricot 3 to 4 days

cherries& berries 1 to 2 days

grape 1 week

melons 3 to 4 days

mango 1 week

pears 3 to 4 days

carots 2 weeks

lettuse 3 to 7 days

onions 1 to 2 week

spinach 1 to 2 days

tomatoes 2 to 3 days