Which of the following do you think are better for you, Fresh Vegetables, Frozen Vegetables, or Canned Vegetables?
If you would have asked me a few years ago, I would have told you fresh vegetables. Then, I heard somewhere, a talk show I think, that frozen vegetables are actually the best. The reasoning is frozen vegetables are not picked until they are ripe, thus having more vitamins. Fresh vegetables are picked early and ripen during their journey to the stores.
That made sense to me. So, from that point on I have been buying the majority of my vegetables in the frozen form. (You will find most of the vegetables on my grocery lists are in the frozen foods section of the shopping list.)
Recently, I thought I should post how you should buy frozen over canned if not even fresh vegetables. When I went to the web to find support for this comment I found the following article from Colorado State University. Click here to see article. It points out that canned vegetables are just as good for you as long as you avoid the ones with added salt and sugars.
I still prefer frozen over canned. However, now when I buy canned vegetables, often because of price, I feel better feeding it to my family.
Prep for tomorrow, tonight; Pull your beef boneless sirloin steak from the freezer for tomorrow's Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Fresh vs. Frozen vs. Canned Vegetables
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Carrie,
I was just reading over this entry and I wanted to suggest to you that you do some research on canned vs frozen vs fresh vegetables because they are not, in fact, equivalent in nutritional value. Nutrients are lost due to the breakage of molecules from water expansion upon freezing as well as the anaerobic environment of a canned product. While I am all for eating vegetables in any form that you can get them, there are nutrient gaps/deficiencies in produce that is not fresh.
Umm @Jarratt... by 'anaerobic environment' are you referring to the approximately 30 cases of botulism reported each year in the US? Assumably mostly from home and exotic canners. Canned foods have less pesticides than their "fresh" counterparts and I would argue usually equivalent nutritional value. I wonder what it takes to keep those veggies from the other side of the world looking "fresh" so you can prance around the produce isle pretending to be Adam in the garden of Eden. I've got news for you buddy...
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