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Smart Picks Among Conventionally-grown Fruit
An Excerpt from Fresh Choices: More Than 100 Easy Recipes for Pure Food When You Can't Buy 100% Organic
By Rochelle David and David Joachim
Grapes are a natural for snacking and in fruit salads, but try them other ways, too. If you're concerned your fresh grapes may go bad before you get to eat them, toss them into a freezer bag and freeze them. On a hot day, pop a few frozen grapes into your mouth for a refreshing snack. Or add fresh grapes to sauces.
And there's more good news about grape juice. Most bottled and canned grape juices carry a low pesticide risk, according to tests conducted by Consumers Union. Purple grape juice also provides some of the same heart-protecting flavonoids found in red wine. These compounds help to lower blood cholesterol by preventing it from sticking to artery walls.
Known as a good source of vitamin A and potassium, plums – especially dried plums (also known as prunes) – may even have properties that can stop the growth of the bacteria that cause food poisoning, according to new research. Scientists at Kansas State University mixed a small amount of plum extract with raw meat and found that it suppressed the growth of 90 percent of harmful bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7. The research is still preliminary, but until we learn more, it certainly doesn't hurt to pair plums with meat.
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