Thursday, April 10, 2014
Nutrients destroyed by freezing
Freezing is one way of preserving food and when we freeze
our fruits and vegetables some of the nutrients inside of them are lost. The main factors in the nutrient loss in the
food are the quality of the food and the time between picking it and freezing
it. Which means food can keep some of its nutrients if its good quality and you
didn't just let is sit out a while before you freeze it. For example when
you freeze oranges 25% of the vitamin C
is lost as well as 10% of the vitamin B is lost. Even though some nutrients are
lost not all vanish instantly but there is limits to how long you can store
them in your freezer before the rest of the nutrients disappear. Fruits can
last a good eight to ten months and vegetables can last around the same amount
of time. Even though they can last that long its not a good idea because the quality of the food deteriorates. So freezing is a good way of storing food but don't wait too long because the nutrients don't last forever
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A lot of what I eat I put in my freezer to conserve it. I didn't I was loosing out on some of the nutrients. This is a little alarming.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you Drew. This is the reason why I do not eat frozen foods because they aren't necessarily fresh when you heat them up. Not to mention all the preservatives and artificial ingredients to not make it spoil also the frozen foods are high in sodium to keep the food tasting great. I prefer having a home cook meal because it's fresher and all the vitamins are kept.
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