The 411 On Canned Veggies and Fruit
Canned veggies are very high in sodium. Try eating fresh vegetables, fresh tomatoes—you can eat them like an apple with a little pepper and grated garlic. Fresh spinach is an ever better option. Even a 2-3 minute steaming to give the same consistency as what you're used to with the canned version will do the trick. You might add variety to it by putting a couple of dashes of wine vinegar with grated ginger or garlic. As for canned fruit, the canned process for fruit usually takes all the goodies out of the fruit and adds tons of sugar that exceeds your daily intake, so fresh is best. Good eating!
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Date: 04/22/2009 - 08:36 am
If you have a food allergy to fresh foods check out the low sodium variety of canned vegetables. Nutritionally canned is not as good as fresh or frozen, but you do what you have to do. You may also want to drain the water from cans of non low sodium varieties and rinse with fresh water-leaving a little in them to cook. That should wash part of the excess sodium away. If salt is a problem try elminating it from other foods to help balance it out. Hope this helps.
Date: 04/20/2009 - 12:20 pm
What is the food for my eye?.....................Im eyes is week
Date: 04/20/2009 - 10:52 am
I also have problems with fresh vegies and fruits - I only eat a bit when I am constipated..... that's what they do to me! I have an angry bowel (iritated?) that does NOT appreciate raw ANYTHING.
I always steam OR boil my vegies and I keep and freeze the water I've cooked them in because many nutrients are leached from the vegies during the cooking process.
The next time I boil a vegetable, I bring out the broth from the last time, and cook the new batch of vegies in the same broth (I add some water only if required). Carrots, spinach, asparagus, potatoes, broccoli, celery etc are all good broth-makers. After several new batches of vegies cooked in the same broth, I have a GREAT broth that I use for POACHED FISH, SOUPS, STEWS and anything else I can think of... Of course, in the case of cabbage or brussels sprouts or turnips, I segregate their broth because these are strong tastes that may overpower the taste of fish...though are fine for soups and stews.
As for fruit, I cook my own - it is very easy to cook sliced peaches, pears, apples, the faithful old prune, even kiwis and oranges (the oranges are better cooked without breaking each segment - just like canned mandarin oranges). I buy enough to last for 2 weeks; cook them and store in the fridge....
This way I can control the amount of salt (I've lost 36 pounds since I've stopped using salt) and I control also the amount of sugar. In my house, when it says "NO SUGAR" it means just that... NO SUGAR and NO SALT means NO SALT - salt appears naturally in many vegies and in salmon, cod, clams, oysters etc and there's enough sugar in fruits to more than satisfy a body.
Date: 04/20/2009 - 09:30 am
what is your suggestion for people who have an allergy to fresh fruits and veggies. I can eat canned fruit and veggies or cooked fruit or those that have been frozen.
Date: 04/20/2009 - 09:29 am
what is your suggestion for people who have an allergy to fresh fruits and veggies. I can eat canned fruit and veggies or cooked fruit or those that have been frozen.