I buy vegetables about once every two weeks. At the two week mark, most of them look healthy and still have their color, and taste fine, so is it OK to eat them (the ones that are still good), or do they lose their nutritional value after a certain amount of time? I buy: snow peas, broccoli, green, yellow, orange and red peppers, green beans, and cucumbers.
2006-12-11 14:11:19 · 5 answers · asked by snshinec 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
How much nutritional value is left depends in part on where you buy them. If you're getting them at the farmers market they are probably very fresh when you buy them. If you're getting them at the supermarket, they have already been sitting around for awhile. The fresher they are when you buy them, the more nutritional value they will have two weeks later. If it's possible for you to buy fewer items at a time and buy more often, it would be good, since your food would have more nutritional value that way. Also, if you can't buy more often, it might make sense to buy frozen food. Frozen foods are processed soon after harvest and have more nutritional value than foods that have been sitting around a long time.
2006-12-11 18:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by Louise M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard the same thing before, but like you, I buy a whole bunch at a time and then have no choice but to finish them slowly. I honestly don't believe they lose anything, but I'm not sure, so I'm going to try to change that habit, even though it's so much more convenient than driving back and forth all the time. I think you'll be okay eating them, though...they can't have lost very much...I mean, it's all still in the food.
2006-12-11 14:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by Muffins 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's absolutely fine. All vegetables lose a certain amount of nutritional value when they are picked from the vine and/or removed from it's growth/vitamin source. As long as the veggies are not wilted or show signs of age, it is perfectly fine.
Good luck!
2006-12-11 14:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by No Perm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your fine. and no they don't lose their nutritional value. however, they might not taste as fresh but they are still edible.
by the way i used to run a whole foods produce dept for 6 years.
2006-12-11 14:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by BLASTING ON FOOLS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can eat them as long as they dont show obious signs of being spoilled, how ever the longer you keep them the more their nutritional value will degrade, unless you prepare them and then freeze or can them.
there are many specifis on this web page
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/harvest/harvest.html
2006-12-11 14:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by gdelenes 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋