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Canned fruit and vegetables

Dailly13
Dailly13 Posts: 190 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Although I would always prefer fresh fruit and vegetables I do have some canned fruit and vegetables. Can draining and rinsing them really cut calories and sodium.

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  • brittanystebbins95
    brittanystebbins95 Posts: 567 Member
    I feel like it would help with sodium but calories, I'm not so sure. Most of them are canned in water, at least the ones I buy. Wouldn't you want to drain them anyway? I mean, who wants to eat straight up veggies in water?
  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    If they’re canned in syrup, I imagine rinsing them will wash away some of the sugar so yes.
  • Dailly13
    Dailly13 Posts: 190 Member
    brittanystebbins95 wrote: »
    I feel like it would help with sodium but calories, I'm not so sure. Most of them are canned in water, at least the ones I buy. Wouldn't you want to drain them anyway? I mean, who wants to eat straight up veggies in water?

    Thinking more of fruit canned in syrup or juice
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