Is it better &/or more economical to buy vegetables from a greengrocer or to buy frozen vegetables from a supermarket. Interested to know what do OzBargainers do?
Thanks in advance.
Just Wondering What Is The Healthiest Way to Buy Vegetables These Days?
kittykat78 on 12/01/2025 - 12:21
Last edited 12/01/2025 - 12:49 by 1 other user
Last edited 12/01/2025 - 12:49 by 1 other user
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Run to a further grocery store, even better
Pentathlon, Walk, Run, Cycle, Swim and hop your way there and back
One spud at a time
Frozen veg is probably cheaper, easier to prepare too since no cutting necessary. Fresh veg has a bit more nutrients, and tastes so much better. Eat what is in season when it comes to fresh fruit and veg. This will be freshest, cheapest and tastiest.
Go to local fruit and veg shop, you'll likely have one near you that is way cheaper than your local supermarket.
i think most frozen vegs are snap frozen very soon after being picked so they are probably "fresher" than the stuff you get off the fresh produce shelves
Except for that bag of stirfry veggies in the back of my freezer that have been there since the last 90s and are more freezer burn than veggies now.
I'll eat them though. One day.
From what I read most frozen veg and fruit is actually a lot more nutritious. They're frozen straight after so retain it better than fresh.
And way cheaper to boot, so win/win. People just get stuck in this idea that fresh = best.
I find a lot less wastage/spoiled food with frozen vegetables.
On the other hand, I find I eat more with fresh food to avoid wastage.
Surely freshest is healthiest in terms of max nutrition compared to frozen? I guess depends on the freezing and cooking technique too
Depends how it’s cooked
I go to the the shops say it’s my birthday, and tape out the vegetables I want. Shops will have to give me what I want
If you had a flash suit you and your party boy mates could scan all your groceries as carrots.
don't you buy fruit from coles at a measly $29/kg?
coles and woolworths seem to competing to sell the most expensive fruit and vegetables
But it was chopped up and you get a plastic serving platter. That's value add right there.
Define 'healthiest'.
Freshest.?
Organic?
Locally grown?
Chemical free?
aota
The healthiest vegetables are those you will eat and not waste. Try to eat fresh vegetables within a couple of days of buying them.
Can't beat frozen peas, vs pealing them.
I'm all for frozen vegies, but there is no substitute for the taste of fresh peas from the pod. I can't remember the last time I tasted fresh peas.
I used to have to peel them for my parents years ago.
lol that explains you not liking them :)
@SlickMick: I was not a big fan in the day. Probably the way mum cooked them. I used to hide them in a plastic bag, in a chair at the dinner table. Then the following morning, flush them down the toilet. :)
Why not try growing a few? Start small and simple. Homegrown vegetables taste wonderful.
Short of growing a pair, or a few, buy from those who do. We here buy mostly all produce at a spray free farmers market. What we don't, we make sure to scrub and wash with baking soda.
I use a mix - fresh, frozen, canned. Just buy local, all sourced locally.
Any vegetable is better than no. And it comes down to time, effort, availability and cost. If you have the time, sure, stuff around. If you dont, whack a steam bag in the microwave for 3 mins and go.
Any vegetable is better than no.
Carnivores are doing really well healthwise. Many have eliminated untreatable chronic diseases they suffered through for decades by eliminating vegetables. Not saying I am one, but the dogma that "any vegetable is better than none" is obsolete. Inuits have lived without them for eons. Besides, eating chemical laden fruits and vegetables, e.g. strawberries, is worse than eating none (the same, incidentally, applies to meat).
Correlation does not imply causation. Is it being carnivore that is doing it or is it being ketogenic that is doing it?
Ketogenic is certainly good to reverse metabolic syndrome (i.e. pre-diabetes), and reduce metabolically induced inflammation, but carnivore is the ultimate elimination diet, as very few parasites feed on it. It's a good way to fix the gut, in case the problems stem from dysbiosis or leaky gut.
Correlation does not imply causation, but without correlation there is no causation.
Pretty sure if I started eating like an Inuit my body wouldn't process the same way.
Absolutely. If you change your diet, you change your gut fauna and flora accordingly.
now show us the proof, research, scientific papers, anything.
Drs Paul Mason, Paul Saladino, Ken Berry, Shawn Baker, etc, have discussed plenty in their lectures.
@wisdomtooth: plants do not want to be eaten! (Paul Saladino - ?Salad?)
- Hey, neither do animals!!
Doctors study very little nutrition during their University years.
Proof, that is evidence from a source like scientific research found in papers such as, well perhaps PubMed? Nothing from Youtube or Drs. spruking their money making ventures.Doctors study very little nutrition during their University years.
That's precisely what these doctors say! And, yeah, they do give the PubMed refs.
Paul Saladino decided to widen his "carnivore" diet to include fruits and honey, so go figure. Truth is he spends 3h a day surfing in Costa Rica, so I doubt any diet is going to negatively affect his metabolism much.
I'm not saying carnivore is better; I am saying it's not necessarily worse. And may be better for some people, in some circumstances (to treat dyabioses and kill off parasites, for instance).
Direct from the farm !?!? !!!
Hey, some farms (WA) - allow you to pick for them … Then get to purchase a reduced rate.
Everyone wins :)
I stopped buying Costco Produce since finding out about their 'Apeel' coating. Nothing beats growing your own organic Fruits & Veggies.
Bit like Colesworth.
Walk to shop and back.