I was told not to eat them while pregnant but I forget why. Anyway, it creeped me out and now I won't eat them at all. Anyone know what's in them that should be avoided?
WHAT???? I eat a gang of salad in a bag. I live on organic spring mix. If I have to give up the convience of salad in a bag, I'm gonna lose it, seriously. :x
I googled bagged salad and for each blurb that said to avoid it (with no explanation, mind you), there were two saying that bagged salads were a great way for a pregnant woman to get more greens.
Could it be because of bacteria on it? My husband was a TA for a microbiology lab in which they found more bacteria on bagged salad than on ground beef! However, it is not necessarily harmful bacteria, so, take that with a grain of salt. Organic stuff is more likely to have bacteria on it - since they do not use chemical fertilizer, and use manure instead.
yeah, that article was hard to read, but they said that conventional bagged salads are washed with a chlorine mix that's stronger that swimming pool water, but you don't find that in the organic. It sounded like the most compelling argument against the bagged salad was that the packaging method depleted the nutrients, which negates the point of eating salad in the first place!
In most stores I go to they have a big bag of mixed salad next to the regular heads of lettuce, the kind that you grab a bunch of and put in a bag. I wonder if those are transported using the same method or not. Like, is that stuff just one giant bagged salad or is it just prepared on the spot?
They have similar mix to the bagged stuff where I shop too, but it's kinda different....I also wonder if it has been treated with chlorine??? That's scary, not just for pregnant women....I eat a lot of bagged mix......
I havent heard not to eat it while pregnant, but I have heard that even if it says prewashed, wash it again because of pesticide residues.. I prefer to buy the organic salad in a bag for this reason..
WHAT???? I eat a gang of salad in a bag. I live on organic spring mix. If I have to give up the convience of salad in a bag, I'm gonna lose it, seriously. :x
I googled bagged salad and for each blurb that said to avoid it (with no explanation, mind you), there were two saying that bagged salads were a great way for a pregnant woman to get more greens.
Go figure. I say rinse and be merry.
although if you're really interested, this article goes pretty in-depth about why the stuff is bad: http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=322
yeah, I thought so
what about the organic ones?
i didn't see where it said anything about that in the article. no paragraphs and solid blocks of text makes my eyes go funny after a while.
Could it be because of bacteria on it? My husband was a TA for a microbiology lab in which they found more bacteria on bagged salad than on ground beef! However, it is not necessarily harmful bacteria, so, take that with a grain of salt. Organic stuff is more likely to have bacteria on it - since they do not use chemical fertilizer, and use manure instead.
yeah, that article was hard to read, but they said that conventional bagged salads are washed with a chlorine mix that's stronger that swimming pool water, but you don't find that in the organic. It sounded like the most compelling argument against the bagged salad was that the packaging method depleted the nutrients, which negates the point of eating salad in the first place!
In most stores I go to they have a big bag of mixed salad next to the regular heads of lettuce, the kind that you grab a bunch of and put in a bag. I wonder if those are transported using the same method or not. Like, is that stuff just one giant bagged salad or is it just prepared on the spot?
They have similar mix to the bagged stuff where I shop too, but it's kinda different....I also wonder if it has been treated with chlorine??? That's scary, not just for pregnant women....I eat a lot of bagged mix......
I havent heard not to eat it while pregnant, but I have heard that even if it says prewashed, wash it again because of pesticide residues.. I prefer to buy the organic salad in a bag for this reason..