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Originally Posted by BLOCK
you use raw or steamed in the shakes..? Does it change the taste.>? I'm off to the store 2nite to buy a bunch of both..
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Always raw (convenience). Though, I was just reading about the nutrients of spinach..look at this:
Cooked or raw? Both have their advantages. Whereas cooking reduces Vitamin C and folate levels, it simultaneously boosts beta-carotein and lutein bioavailability. A sensible idea is to have it both ways. Have spinach raw in your lunch salads and cooked in your evening dinner, for example. Some varieties of spinach are rarely eaten raw, though baby spinach is common in salads. If cooked, it is best lightly steamed to preserve nutrients as much as possible.
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Spinach is best eaten fresh. It loses nutritional properties with each passing day. Although refrigeration slows the deterioration, half of the major nutrients are lost by the eighth day after harvest. (For long term storage, freeze while fresh.) When fresh, it has crisp leaves. As they deteriorate, the leaves turn limp. via
SpinachWords.com
This worries me a little.. Most of the spinach I buy is packaged, pre-washed baby spinach - I wonder how "fresh" that really is.. The leaves aren't limp, though. I do go through it pretty fast.