Paleo Question

[Maris Goldsborough]

It’s my third day on the Paleo diet. I know they are not the proffered source, but in a pinch are canned vegetables and fruits okay for Paleo?

[Shane Skowron]

Well if they're canned they're going to lose some nutrients and flavor and no, it's not the preferred way. The big thing you should watch out for is additives.

Most canned fruit has extra sugar. Usually what I do is empty the can and wash the fruit with water which will get rid of a lot of the syrup. A lot of canned veggies have added salt but as far as I know there's no way to remove that.

[Kevin Steel]

frozen is MUCH better than canned.

[Stephen Lewis Romer]

Originally Posted by Shane Skowron

Well if they're canned they're going to lose some nutrients and flavor and no, it's not the preferred way. The big thing you should watch out for is additives.

Most canned fruit has extra sugar. Usually what I do is empty the can and wash the fruit with water which will get rid of a lot of the syrup. A lot of canned veggies have added salt but as far as I know there's no way to remove that.

Drain the water then put them in a large bowl. Then fill the bowl with fresh water and let soak for 15 mins. After soaking drain the water. The fresh water soak will leach some of the salt out of the vegs, but frozen is much better.

[Arturo Garcia]

Frozen is much better huh? gonna switch to frozen spinach then, was buying canned. About one of only two or three products I eat canned though (sardines, pink salmon, anchovies).

[Heather Archambeault]

In some ways, frozen can be better than from the grocery store fresh. If you think about it, the veggies get picked, packed, loaded onto a truck, driven to (wherever), then to the store, until you buy them...unless you get the veggies from a farmers market, where tehy are fresher.
Flash frozen veggies tend to still have more of the nutrients than veggies that have been at a grocery store.
I would definitely go frozen, before canned. I never buy canned veggies or fruit.

[Katherine Derbyshire]

Originally Posted by Heather Archambeault

I would definitely go frozen, before canned. I never buy canned veggies or fruit.

Two exceptions:

Tomatoes -- because they don't freeze well and if they're not in season locally the fresh ones are either ridiculously expensive or ridiculously tasteless (or both).

Pineapple -- because fresh doesn't keep well enough for the small quantity I use at once.

Read labels, though. No salt in the tomatoes, nor sugar in the pineapple.

Katherine

[Tony Vienneau]

Originally Posted by Heather Archambeault

In some ways, frozen can be better than from the grocery store fresh. If you think about it, the veggies get picked, packed, loaded onto a truck, driven to (wherever), then to the store, until you buy them...unless you get the veggies from a farmers market, where tehy are fresher.
Flash frozen veggies tend to still have more of the nutrients than veggies that have been at a grocery store.
I would definitely go frozen, before canned. I never buy canned veggies or fruit.

ditto!

[Doug Blankenship]

Originally Posted by Arturo Garcia

Frozen is much better huh? gonna switch to frozen spinach then, was buying canned. About one of only two or three products I eat canned though (sardines, pink salmon, anchovies).

Why not buy fresh? Depending on how much you eat per week, fresh spinach will hold for about four to five days in the fridge. I go through a large bag daily.

[Heather Archambeault]

Originally Posted by Katherine Derbyshire

Two exceptions:

Tomatoes -- because they don't freeze well and if they're not in season locally the fresh ones are either ridiculously expensive or ridiculously tasteless (or both).

Pineapple -- because fresh doesn't keep well enough for the small quantity I use at once.

Read labels, though. No salt in the tomatoes, nor sugar in the pineapple.

Katherine

very true, thank you Katherine =-)