eat my words (with steamed broccoli)

[Guest guest]

Wow--that's surprising. Any indication whether this is

considered a major study in the industry? I didn't read

about it in the major media. I'll be looking at frozen

vegees to see whether they show on the label how quickly

they're frozen after harvest.

 

Does anyone have a 'cheap' source for full text scientific

journal articles?

 

Marian

 

 

>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.

>

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

3029-34

>

>

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[Guest guest]

, " Marian Blum " <marianb@r...>

wrote:

>

> Wow--that's surprising. Any indication whether this is

> considered a major study in the industry?

 

 

I included the citation. don't know how respected this journal is

 

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

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " Marian Blum " <marianb@r...>

wrote:

how quickly

> they're frozen after harvest.

 

 

I think most fozen food is frozen right after harvest. the main concern is

whether it gets blanched or not. though blanched frozen food is still better

than 2 week old food in vitamin content.