boston: How to ‘eat locally’ in winter - As the season changes, take care where your food comes from - and consider buying frozen - for a healthy, mostly local diet. I’m calling shenanigans on this graphic. How exactly would broccoli lose 50% of it’s fiber content through the transit process? Fiber isn’t really something that would degrade in such a relatively short time. The image shows the USDA as a source, but the article does not link to the source or provide any further details. This study (pdf alert) performed at UC Davis concludes there is generally no appreciable fiber difference resulting from the ways vegetables are processed and stored unless there is some sort of physical separation of the vegetable components during that process.
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How to ‘eat locally’ in winter

- As the season changes, take care where your food comes from - and consider buying frozen - for a healthy, mostly local diet.

I’m calling shenanigans on this graphic. How exactly would broccoli lose 50% of it’s fiber content through the transit process? Fiber isn’t really something that would degrade in such a relatively short time.

The image shows the USDA as a source, but the article does not link to the source or provide any further details.

This study (pdf alert) performed at UC Davis concludes there is generally no appreciable fiber difference resulting from the ways vegetables are processed and stored unless there is some sort of physical separation of the vegetable components during that process.

Source: bostonglobe.com

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    there goes all my logic with food right out the window
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    This is actually kind of disappointing to know. I love the taste of fresh broccoli over frozen broccoli, as with most...
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    Wow… Interesting.
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    I always have frozen haha yay! :D
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