Canned vegetables

KristenMarie1181
KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
I would like to know if I can eat canned vegetables or single servings in order to lose weight? I can't stand the fresh kinds so I'm not really eating enough. Please help!
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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Why would you think you can't eat canned or single serve veggies? If they fit your calories and you like them then eat them.
  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    But are they healthy for you and does it count as your daily vegetable though. Isn't canned processed? I was told its bad for you but wanna hear it from more then one person
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Yes, why couldn't you? Canned may not be quite as nutritious as fresh or frozen but they are still fairly nutritious.

    Of course eating vegetables alone won't be enough to help you lose weight, right?
  • LeslieB042812
    LeslieB042812 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Yes, why couldn't you? Canned may not be quite as nutritious as fresh or frozen but they are still fairly nutritious.

    Of course eating vegetables alone won't be enough to help you lose weight, right?

    Here's another person chiming in. Agree completely! Canned vegetables are still vegetables and have a good portion of their nutrients still, which is much better than not eating vegetables at all.
  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    Yup! Thank you so much for clarifying it! I already lost almost 50 pounds since end of March. Mainly my weight came off from doing zumba and stopped eating junk everyday. Mmm I miss my candy though! My pre diabetic will be fought sooner then expected!
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    The vegetables don't turn into something else once they are in the can, they are still vegetables. The only thing to watch for is if you are watching your sodium, many times the canned items have sodium added to them to help preserve them.
  • RLeighP
    RLeighP Posts: 232 Member
    I eat canned green beans nearly 3-4 times a week. I just make sure to drain them and rinse them before cooking to lower the salt content. Fresh veggies go bad in my house since I'm the only one eating them, and I only like certain frozen veggies. As long as it fits your macros, you'll be fine!
  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    I wonder if there is any with little sodium. I'll look later when I go shopping.

    Oh and do I really gotta heat them up? I would like to know if I can eat out if the can. Yes I know sounds nuts lol
  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    KristenMarie1181 wrote: »
    I wonder if there is any with little sodium. I'll look later when I go shopping.

    Oh and do I really gotta heat them up? I would like to know if I can eat out if the can. Yes I know sounds nuts lol
    You can eat them out of the can.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I don't see a problem eating them out of the can.

    Here is a list of the lower sodium canned. I'm not sure if this will help or not.

    http://www.lowsaltfoods.com/food_center/lsfoods/fruit.htm
  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    Ty again everyone! I wish I asked this sooner! Been buying vegetables that I don't even like and sometimes they went to waste
  • KristenMarie1181
    KristenMarie1181 Posts: 216 Member
    Because my parents and fiance never ate them lol
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    OP, as an aside: If you don't like fresh vegetables have you tried roasting them in the oven with a little olive oil and salt?
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    OP, as an aside: If you don't like fresh vegetables have you tried roasting them in the oven with a little olive oil and salt?

    I was also going to suggest this. I love roasted veggies - gives them a really nice flavor.

  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Yes, of course you can eat canned veggies.

    Personally I think they're pretty gross and MUCH prefer frozen, but if you like them, eat them. ...except corn. I like canned corn.
  • OldHobo
    OldHobo Posts: 647 Member
    Canned tomatoes are good if you buy good canned tomatoes. Canned hominy is about the only way you can get it. Canned beets are alright.

    Canned peas are just a different thing altogether. Bear no relation to frozen or fresh. I've been hungry and glad to have them, though. Hate canned carrots, even when I'm hungry.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    It is easy to mix canned veggies into omelets. Bacon on the side. B)
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    I don't eat canned vegies out of the can but I frequently have a salad plate which includes canned corn cold on the plate.
    Other than corn, I don't eat canned vegies, except canned tomatoes in cooking.and canned kidney beans in cooking.

    If you like canned vegies and they fit into your calorie limit ( which they should easily do) then of course you can eat them.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    Also it does not matter if you heat them up or eat them cold - or eat directly from the can or on your finest Doulton China.

    I just remembered I also eat baked beans - I guess they are also canned vegies.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    And tinned beetroot - I eat that too.

    Also cold on salad plates.
  • BernieMBurke
    BernieMBurke Posts: 206 Member
    Depending on where you live and what kind of canned vegetables you like, you can find "No Salt Added" cans of corn, peas, green beans, and carrots. I live in the Washington DC area and can get these at my local Giant grocery store. If you want lima beans or kidney beans, you'll probably have to get dried beans and cook them yourself.
  • BernieMBurke
    BernieMBurke Posts: 206 Member
    Oh, and I forgot to mention that I eat a can of peas, corn, carrots, or green beans almost every day.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,242 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    And tinned beetroot - I eat that too.

    Also cold on salad plates.

    I have a thing for canned baby potatoes in potato salad. I just love the texture. Otherwise I'm the same as you. Corn, beetroot, tomatoes and legumes.

    But OP - eat them! They're veg, just preserved in a different way
  • OldHobo
    OldHobo Posts: 647 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    ...I have a thing for canned baby potatoes in potato salad. I just love the texture. ...
    I think potatoes are another of those things that morph into something else when canned. Not bad necessarily, but so different that they seem unrelated to the fresh product. There is a diner nearby that must serve canned hash browns. All I can think of while eating them is that they are just very weird. It is mainly a textural difference. I get a small sense of the same thing from those little canned new potatoes.
  • Pinnacle_IAO
    Pinnacle_IAO Posts: 608 Member
    edited August 2015
    KristenMarie1181 wrote: »
    I would like to know if I can eat canned vegetables or single servings in order to lose weight? I can't stand the fresh kinds so I'm not really eating enough. Please help!
    Canned veggies are not optimal, but you do what you can.
    100% perfection is nice when you can get it... :)

    I try to avoid anything canned, boxed or packaged or processed in any way.
    Optimal food intake is whole, real foods...lean meats, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, whole eggs, 100% whole grained, home bakes breads and such, beans and raw, whole un-pasteurized dairy.
    That's my definition, and to get there 70% of the time - close enough!

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
    KristenMarie1181 wrote: »
    I would like to know if I can eat canned vegetables or single servings in order to lose weight? I can't stand the fresh kinds so I'm not really eating enough. Please help!
    Canned veggies are not optimal, but you do what you can.
    100% perfection is nice when you can get it... :)

    I try to avoid anything canned, boxed or packaged or processed in any way.
    Optimal food intake is whole, real foods...lean meats, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, whole eggs, 100% whole grained, home bakes breads and such, beans and raw, whole un-pasteurized dairy.
    That's my definition, and to get there 70% of the time - close enough!

    Out of season (and even in season if you don't actually buy local), frozen is probably more nutritious.

    I usually like the non frozen stuff better anyway, although there are certain things I simply don't buy "fresh" out of season (like corn and tomatoes and a lot of fruit, among other things), but I don't pretend there is any nutrition-based reason for that.
  • Pinnacle_IAO
    Pinnacle_IAO Posts: 608 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
    KristenMarie1181 wrote: »
    I would like to know if I can eat canned vegetables or single servings in order to lose weight? I can't stand the fresh kinds so I'm not really eating enough. Please help!
    Canned veggies are not optimal, but you do what you can.
    100% perfection is nice when you can get it... :)

    I try to avoid anything canned, boxed or packaged or processed in any way.
    Optimal food intake is whole, real foods...lean meats, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, whole eggs, 100% whole grained, home bakes breads and such, beans and raw, whole un-pasteurized dairy.
    That's my definition, and to get there 70% of the time - close enough!

    Out of season (and even in season if you don't actually buy local), frozen is probably more nutritious.

    I usually like the non frozen stuff better anyway, although there are certain things I simply don't buy "fresh" out of season (like corn and tomatoes and a lot of fruit, among other things), but I don't pretend there is any nutrition-based reason for that.
    We live next to a working farm, and their Farmer's Market is literally across a field from my home.
    One day I needed a bell pepper for a recipe and just picked some, then paid the next morning.
    :)
    I love frozen veggies out of season. The huge difference in my health was the switch from nutritionally depleted, processed, demineralized foods to real, whole foods dense in nutrition. Whole foods are best - everybody knows this, but I never go nuts about it.
    As I mentioned, I eat whole foods 70% of the time with great results.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    And tinned beetroot - I eat that too.

    Also cold on salad plates.

    I have a thing for canned baby potatoes in potato salad. I just love the texture. Otherwise I'm the same as you. Corn, beetroot, tomatoes and legumes.

    But OP - eat them! They're veg, just preserved in a different way

    You can get potatoes in a can? Looking for them tonight.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
    KristenMarie1181 wrote: »
    I would like to know if I can eat canned vegetables or single servings in order to lose weight? I can't stand the fresh kinds so I'm not really eating enough. Please help!
    Canned veggies are not optimal, but you do what you can.
    100% perfection is nice when you can get it... :)

    I try to avoid anything canned, boxed or packaged or processed in any way.
    Optimal food intake is whole, real foods...lean meats, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, whole eggs, 100% whole grained, home bakes breads and such, beans and raw, whole un-pasteurized dairy.
    That's my definition, and to get there 70% of the time - close enough!

    Out of season (and even in season if you don't actually buy local), frozen is probably more nutritious.

    I usually like the non frozen stuff better anyway, although there are certain things I simply don't buy "fresh" out of season (like corn and tomatoes and a lot of fruit, among other things), but I don't pretend there is any nutrition-based reason for that.
    We live next to a working farm, and their Farmer's Market is literally across a field from my home.
    One day I needed a bell pepper for a recipe and just picked some, then paid the next morning.
    :)
    I love frozen veggies out of season. The huge difference in my health was the switch from nutritionally depleted, processed, demineralized foods to real, whole foods dense in nutrition. Whole foods are best - everybody knows this, but I never go nuts about it.
    As I mentioned, I eat whole foods 70% of the time with great results.

    I can't tell--are you trying to argue that frozen veggies are "nutritionally depleted, processed, demineralized foods"? Because that's just not accurate as to how the processing works in that case.

    If not, never mind.
  • Pinnacle_IAO
    Pinnacle_IAO Posts: 608 Member
    --are you trying to argue that frozen veggies are "nutritionally depleted, processed, demineralized foods"? Because that's just not accurate as to how the processing works in that case.

    If not, never mind.
    I am not....frozen veggies are fine...

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