Thursday, September 03, 2015

Pesticides in Vegetables

My wife after Chinese New Year suddenly cannot hear on one ear.  We found out from the ENT it is known as Sudden Hearing Loss. Seems quite common. The medical treatments cost more $10K.  Luckily, it worked and was covered by insurance. 

She did a lot of research and find out all the possible causes as the Professor says there is no known root cause.  She suspects fried shallots so that became banned.  She suspected our cutlery, cups and bowls were not rinsed properly and the maid had to be reminded constantly.  Finally, she finds our maid is very stubborn when it comes to washing vegetables.

I had to go to Poly Clinics to get a referral letter.  Our boys also had skin allergies.  The doctor asked if it happened after dinner. And both my boys confirmed.  Doctor says this is quite common but she did not know why. 

On the internet, one of the possible cause of Sudden Hearing Loss is pesticides. My wife think it is possible that the allergy occurs after dinner as many eat vegetables during dinner time.  The hawker food has very little vegetables.

So my wife decided to buy organic and wash the vegetables herself.  It works!  Our boys skin allergies stopped after dinner.  Her hearing is stable.  So it is very important to get rid of pesticides in vegetable.  Best is organic.  It is much cheaper than paying the medical fees.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Really terrible this pesticide!