True or False? You may be surprised at answers...........

Questions number one and two can be answered both ways, depending on the specifics of the diet, as well as the individuals health history. Not to mention of course, the bias of the source. To say absolutely that there is a true or false answer to these questions is misleading at best.

"9. Which is more nutritious — fresh or canned tomatoes? "

I have to disagree with your conclusion here. From June to September (sometimes longer) I grow my own tomatoes. If you don't grow, go to the local farmers market and buy locally grown. They are fresh fresh fresh and not cooked. When you "can" anything you are killing enzymes that break down fat, carbohydrate, and protein into their basic building blocks so that the body can digest and use them.

Also, cans are lined with plastics, and they leach into the contents. We all know that cancer is a big problem in modern society!. They don't' have that on the nutrition label!

Also, I my opinion is that whole milk is better for you than skim because it has good fat.

Overall, good info.

I can't for the life of me think of what enzymes intrinsic to tomatoes are needed from tomatoes to digest them. Digestion.....no. Metabolism...by the time you get to this point...they are no longer tomatoes....so vitamins and enzymes made by the body to drive the Krebs Cycle/Citric Acid Cycle yes.

Can you expand on the enzymes statement?

Also....I knew that BPA in store bought cans mimics estrogen....and a number of things can come of that (men....check your breasts). Can you provide any references that BPA causes cancer? I'm very interested because I'm eliminating store bought canned foods (I can in glass jars with only a small lid that is plasticized) and if this is true...I should accelerate my effort to get off the BPA lined stuff.

Thanks!

callmeBAM.....I found a whole bunch of stuff about BPA besides cancer. Most are correlations studies (associated with type statements). Correlations don't prove cause and effect, but they do indicate further study is needed to determine cause and affect. Most studies were on animals (mostly mammals like us) of various types. Most adverse affects were in the womb and as young babies/toddlers (like the lining of baby bottles). Most that found affects were long term exposure, even at low concentrations. I disregarded the studies were massive concentrations were used. Heck....too high a concentration of oxygen can kill you too.

What jumped out at me were the following:
1.) Prostrate and breast cancer
2.) Feminization of males, mostly in the womb/early childhood, males less desirable by females in adulthood....etc.
3.) Epigenetic changes (not DNA itself, but inherited like DNA) that predispose the child and later, its offspring, to obesity.
4.) the list went on and on

Most chemicals (that is NOT a bad word) we use in industry and food processing have not been test extensively if at all. This is because of a law that says if a new chemical is similar to an already tested chemical, the new chemical doesn't have to be tested. The reality is.....your and I, as consumers, are test subjects. It just may take generations of test subjects, before someone finally realizes the negative consequences of what we accept as safe.

BPA is eliminated from the body rather quickly. However, it is so prevalent in our environment now, that even if you stop using cans lined with BPA, you can't avoid a low, continuous level of exposure (e.g. our water supply). Yep....male wild fish are now being found in relatively high frequency with eggs growing in their testes. I like gadgets....and fish (see my bio, the B.S. in Zoology was because I wanted to be a fisheries biologist).

So....I'm glad you strongly implicated that BPA causes cancer (no cause and affect proof yet)......as I had not done any detail research....so thanks for prompting my interest in knowing more.

On the tomato stuff.....I haven't found anything yet about enzymes in the tomatoes that are essential before we can digest them.....but that may just mean I haven't found that information yet. If you have references I could examine....I'd appreciate it.