Sport canned vs fresh

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so ive heard they hype about canned being worse for you then buying fresh fruits and vegies.. however with it being wintertime its really expensive to get fresh fruits and vegies right now... so the question im asking is do canned hold the same nutritional values as fresh? are they that much worse for you. thanks.
 
Canned all natural fruit is not a "bad" source of nutrition at all. Just be aware that with canned food there can be added sugars and some other stuff. Buy 100% natural foods in cans and you're good.

Of course fresh is always ultimately best, but canned foods are very good as well.
 
You also need to remember that just the process of canning destroys and alters many of the basic nutrients in the fruit or veggie. I use an old adage from the cooking world, if you want to put the best food on the table, use the best ingredients available.
 
Canning involves cooking, which destroys some nutrients (particularly those found in fruits and vegetables). Additionally, watch out for added sugar or salt.

For fruits and vegetables, frozen is often a good choice from a nutritional standpoint. Indeed, it may be better than fresh in some cases, since fresh fruits and vegetables are often picked underripe so that they will ripen during transport to the market.
 
I also agree with choosing frozen for vegetables that aren't in season or unavailable. Most vegetables, are par-boiled before they are flash frozen. Par-boiling is a very quick process of dropping the vegetables into boiling water for a few seconds, instead of boiling or steaming the nutrients away, it locks the nutrients in. After a quick boil, the veggies are plunged into ice water to stop the cooking process, and then flash frozen in seconds. If you have a favorite food that isn't available frozen, or you can purchase in season, you can accomplish the same thing by parboiling and plunging in ice water, spreading on a cookie sheet and then freezing. If you really want to freeze in a way close to the way manufacturers do, use the same process, but substitute dry ice and and ice chest for the freezer, it's quicker and freezes harder. Then you can package and place in your freezer.
 
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