Study Suggests: Frozen Veggies Worse Than Common Wisdom Says - Frozen Asparagus, Zucchini and Green Beans Lose More Antioxidants During Boiling
Green asparagus from the fridge and from the market are not created equal - at least not when they finally end up on your plate after a short bath in hot water. You just have to watch one of the consumer report shows on television to hear it: "Frozen veggies are way better than their reputation would suggest." Actually, here in Germany this sentence has been repeated to soften that I've even heard people say they'd buy the frozen broccoli because it contained "more vitamins and the other good stuff, you know." And you know what? For some veggies like spinach, for example, this may actually be the case. For others, like broccoli or peas, the nutrient status of the frozen and the raw uncooked vegetable appears to be more or less identical (Favell. 1998). But that's something you cannot say for the green asparagus stems, zucchini and green beans in a recent study from the Università degli Studi di Parma in Italy. Warning: Don't take this artic...