eat my words (with steamed broccoli)

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are you sure that vegetables lose " most of their antioxidants " within

one day of harvesting? I buy fresh organic produce that is delivered to my

door and is grown locally -- are you saying I am not getting any cancer

protection? How do you know this? Is it in the journal article you

mentioned?

 

Julie

 

 

Don't get up on your high horse too

> quick, though. Unless you grow your own food or eat food harvested the

> same day, your " fresh " broccoli has lost most of its antioxidants

> before you eat it (whether you cook it or not). Boiling is not quite

> as bad as nuking, but steaming causes the least further losses (almost

> none). Frozen foods that are frozen right after harvest without

> blanching have the most nutrients. so if you can't get it from your

> garden, steam frozen veggies for the best nutrition. Ironic that if

> one prefers to eat fresh veggies, you probably won't be getting much

> cancer protection unless you take supplements. another example that

> sometimes putting the stuff in pill form is the only way to eat a truly

> " natural " diet without all of us returning to the farm.

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> reported in j argric food chem, vol. 51, may 7, 2003, pp. 3029-34

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