UGH! i have a question?

Question

.....about canned veggies.
are they a complete waste of time(nutritionally speaking of course)? it is very difficult for me to afford fresh ones but I want to try to get at least 3 servings of vegetables a day.

Answer 1

Nutritionally speaking, canned ones are a complete waste of time. They are typically boiled in open vats (which allows their nitritional properties to evaporate) within a inch of soggyness and they are also cooked with loads of fat such as butter and bacon. The frozen veggies and even the fruits are way better than even the fresh ones (unless grown locally) because they are picked at the peek of their prime and flash frozen instead of picked young, sprayed with multiple chemicals to induce ripening. Frozen meats are soaked in a brine solution to help them keep their fresh appearance but fruits and veggies are not.

Answer 2

If it's hard for you to keep fresh vegetables in the house, frozen is a vastly better choice than canned. Frozen veggies are often flash-frozen within hours of picking, preserving them are their freshest. Look for frozen veggies that have veggies as their only ingredient. Canned veggies lose their flavor, color, texture and nutrients and are often canned with large amounts of salt. They're pretty much worthless (except for canned tomatoes and tomato products.)

Answer 3

Frozen is better than canned. Fresh is better than frozen.

With the frozen, stock up when it's on sale. With the fresh, buy what's in season because it will be the cheapest.

Only eat the canned as a last resort.

Answer 4

They're better than nothing!
They are not AS nutritious as fresh, but they're still good for you.
Think of veggies (and fruits) as having a sort of "life force". The further they get from being truly alive the less beneficial they are.
Freshly juiced produce loses vitamins and enzymes within hours. But they're still better than artificial crap.
Look for organic veggies. They are only a few cents more than the other,

Answer 5

I think you'll find, pound for pound, fresh is cheaper by far.
Everyone is right, frozen is better than canned.

BTW, have you tried the steam fresh in frozen (USA)
great flavor, not mushy, usually 4 minutes or less in the microwave.

Answer 6

I would stick to fresh or frozen they are better for you and taste much better as well.
Keep your eye open for any sales in the produce dept.

Answer 7

I have noticed more and more that canned, even frozen vegies have too much salt added. I like to stick to products that have about one mg of salt for each calorie.

I have a package of frozen peas, for intance, that has 200 mg of salt in 70 calories. So this is about 3 mg salt per calorie. Extrapolated to a daily intake of 2000 calories this is 6000 mg of salt, so to me this is a poor food choice.

Believe it or not regular Lays chips meet the 1 mg salt per calorie criteria. But of course they fall down on fat content.

It just seems odd that frozen peas need more salt per calorie than chips.....How is going on?, I keep asking myself.....

Answer 8

Buy frozen, it is better than canned. Of course fresh is best.

Answer 9

Most canned veggies have a nasty taste and excess sodium. Get frozen instead. I have read that frozen veggies retain their nutrients fairly well.

That said, I do buy canned beans, which are typically fairly cheap.

Answer 10

frozen is better, but canned tomatoes have higher levels of antioxidants than fresh ones! so better for you as they attack free radicals that cause cancer