CashewNut 🏴@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDoes tinned food have any nutrition or is it just empty calories?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareDoes tinned food have any nutrition or is it just empty calories?CashewNut 🏴@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat’s part of it, but I believe the other part is the canning process further depletes some of the nutritional value.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoMakes sense, raw produce is more nutrient rich than cooked produce
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoYes, but the nutrients in raw are not as available as cooked. They’re present in higher quantities, but a lot will pass through undigested. Calculating how much is destroyed by cooking vs how much is made available is going to depend heavily on the food and nutrients in question. But I will say that if you need more or less of a nutrient, you will get much further by changing the food vs how it’s prepared.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoMostly, but sometimes cooking them can actually increase some values by breaking down cell walls and making nutrients more available (to a point, anyhow).
That’s part of it, but I believe the other part is the canning process further depletes some of the nutritional value.
Makes sense, raw produce is more nutrient rich than cooked produce
Yes, but the nutrients in raw are not as available as cooked. They’re present in higher quantities, but a lot will pass through undigested.
Calculating how much is destroyed by cooking vs how much is made available is going to depend heavily on the food and nutrients in question.
But I will say that if you need more or less of a nutrient, you will get much further by changing the food vs how it’s prepared.
Mostly, but sometimes cooking them can actually increase some values by breaking down cell walls and making nutrients more available (to a point, anyhow).