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What are salicylates?

Posted on October 09, 2008

Next on Q & A Thursday a reader asks: What are salicylate levels? And why are people concerned about these levels in fruit? I have come across several websites noting that the salicylate levels in pears drop to zero if you peel the skin off. I always thought that we should try to eat the skin of fruit and vegetables because that is where all the vitamins are, but should I be peeling my fruit instead? Chemicals occurring in food All foods contain chemicals. While we tend to think of chemicals as being bad things to be avoided, natural chemicals are present in everything we eat. Vitamin...

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