Well, hello to all of our listeners and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

I'm Darlene Kavist, a certified nutrition specialist, and I started nutritional weight

and wellness about 30 years ago, and then we added Dishing Up Nutrition as a radio show

and a podcast about 15 years ago.

You know, for an introvert that I am, that was a bit challenging,

but I wanted to get the message out about how eating real food and not processed food

was critical for our health.

And it seems that eating real food and not processed food is even more important today.

You know, for the past, a couple of weeks, we have received many emails and calls from listeners

asking a wide variety of questions.

Some questions were about what they about what they need to eat to support their immune function,

and others were about shopping and cooking.

So to help me answer those questions, I've asked two of our nutrition experts to join me today.

You know, we're recording this podcast from our homes using our phones

as our microphone. It's a little challenging. And we want to make sure that it's going to be

as clear as if we were in a studio. And so just kind of bear with us.

And we certainly hope that the sound quality is to your satisfaction.

You know, the first question we received was,

what is the best way to clean vegetables and fruits during the coronavirus.

We actually have a couple of different suggestions on how to properly clean your fruits and vegetables.

So let's start with our cooking expert, Marian.

Now, during normal times, she's teaching our weight and wellness cooking classes.

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