Fresh vegetables and fruits are best, right? Only if you eat them as soon as they’re picked. As soon as fruits and vegetables are picked, they start to lose nutrients. So what’s better than fresh produce? Frozen produce! Freezing fruits and vegetables slows nutrient loss. Here’s an example: fresh broccoli loses more than fifty percent of its vitamin C content in just seven days. Frozen broccoli loses only ten percent of its vitamin C content in a year! Other good news? Some antioxidant and mineral levels actually INCREASE after freezing. Your best bet for getting the most nutritional impact from … Continue reading →