i don't know about all this flash freezing stuff. you'll have a hard time convincing me that most things aren't better fresh. but i'll tell you this, when it comes to frozen meals and other time-savers, the quicker a meal is ready to be on the table once you bring it home from the store, the less value it holds. if it's "instant", or takes 5 minutes in a steaming bag, it's pre-digested.
the "preparation" of food for consumption, the cooking of it, is the initiation of the molecular breakdown of that food. an action much more beneficial if your body's actually doing the breakdown of that food, instead of a pot of boiling water. if you're eating instant rice, it's already lost the bulk of the fibres that are important for your digestive system. same thing when you boil vegetables, you lose alot of the nutrients in the water, elementary.
the reason that frozen and prepared foods are so quick to serve, is because they're already cooked and processed. do what you will but my point is only that the nutritional value of a frozen meal is lesser than the same meal, if you had made it from scratch. and yes, not to mention the high sodium and fat content.
and again, i'll reiterate that i do buy frozen foods on occasion (everyone needs convenience), mostly when they're on sale. but i'm ranting because i have friends who serve their children vegetables from a bag instead of peeling some fucking carrots and it kinda makes me really fucking mad that people can be so lazy when their developing children are concerned. either that, or they don't understand the basics of nutrition.
