Comments on: Oxidization with Blending

By: emilyb

emilyb — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:00:37 +0000

Victoria answers a similar question on this post, here http://greensmoothiesblog.com/green-smoothie-questions/
“I have never frozen my greens, but if I lived in a northern country and had, for example, a large harvest of spinach, I would freeze it and use it over time. Frozen greens will still be more nutritious than cooked greens. However, if you have access to fresh greens, they are significantly more nutritious and tastier than frozen.”

By: Doris Dejwakh

Doris Dejwakh — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:15:32 +0000

I would like to know if freezing a whole fruit or a blended fruit, vegetable or greens effects the food value. I find when I have to get up early to go to class, I need to prepare my smoothie mostly the day before, and freeze part of it for later. When I have an early class, I take a few frozen items out the night before and leave them in the fridge to thaw, so they are ready to blend together in the morning. Is this okay, or do I lose the food value?

By: emilyb

emilyb — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:33:35 +0000

I’m with you Linda – trust in nature. Its about simplifying and going back to our roots.
Its so nice to hear that this information is easy to access and understand, that was my main goal. Thank you!
Emily

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:22:38 +0000

Thanks for the clarification! I had the same question! I like the whole food idea. Nature knows exactly what our body needs and provided it for us. When we eat the food in a state as closely as Nature provided it we don’t need to fully understand the science behind it for our body to benefit. (We could spend our whole lives studying one component and still not exhaust what could be learned- and every scientist has a different angel. I like to trust Nature) I must say that I do appreciate the organized way in which the information has been provided here because, while we will never know or understand it all, my mind does like to be able to comprehend how it works at a basic level. Thanks so much! =D