preserving food – Life & Health Network https://lifeandhealth.org Your Health Simplified Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:53:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://lifeandhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cropped-lhn-favicon-32x32.png preserving food – Life & Health Network https://lifeandhealth.org 32 32 Canning and Nutrition https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/canning-and-nutrition/172353.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canning-and-nutrition https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/canning-and-nutrition/172353.html#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:31:42 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=2353 When people think about canning, one question that is frequently brought up is nutrition. Many people are aware that the canning process decreases the nutrients found in the food. While it is true that canning reduces the levels of some nutrients, we often overstate the loss. Canned foods can still be very healthy. The truth…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/canning-and-nutrition/172353.html/feed 1 What is canning and what are the benefits? https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/what-is-canning-and-what-are-the-benefits/172324.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-canning-and-what-are-the-benefits https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/what-is-canning-and-what-are-the-benefits/172324.html#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:53:15 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=2324 Since the beginning of time, people have needed to preserve food. The process could take considerable time and energy, but it was better than going hungry in the winter. Early methods of preservation included smoking, drying, fermenting, or cooling/freezing foods (given the right type of environment). Later, more methods were developed such as pickling in…

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