Canned foods may have established themselves as unhealthy sustenance due to being highly processed with a lot of preservatives or the plastic contaminants coming from the can. Their labelling can make them even worse.
Some should be a must to have in your pantry for quick cooking or craving satisfaction. This list provides some of the canned foods that can be considered clean and smart to have in one's food storage.
Coconut milk- Extracted from coconut flesh and are used anciently in making cuisines from Thailand and some South and Southeast Asian countries as well as in West Africa, Hawaii and the West Indies. It may contain a high amount of saturated fat but considered more nutritious than other saturated fat. Also, one's body digests it easily. Seedguides.info provided some of its health benefits such as anti-carcinogenic, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral.
It is best to use in making curries and soups. It also provides better taste in cookies, oatmeal and smoothies. It can be turned into dairy-free whipped cream for a better treat.
Beans- According to NutritionFacts.org, "Beans are an essential part of any healthful diet." The federal government suggested each individual to eat at least half cup of beans every day. They sustain the right amount of protein and vegetables needed by the body. They are also good sources of other nutrients such as fiber, foliate, plant iron, vitamin B1, and minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and copper. Although canned beans contain 10 times higher amount of sodium compared to cooked beans, other nutrients provided by these cooked edible seeds are present in its canned form.
Peeled Tomatoes- Whole peeled tomatoes are good for making sauces, soups, curries, casseroles, and pasta dishes. Margaret Floyd, NTP NTC CGP CHFS and author of Eat Naked, when asked about the benefits of canned tomatoes stated, "Tomatoes, have a nutrient called lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that has been linked to reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
Heat increases the bioavailability of lycopene, which means that your body can access and use it much more easily from cooked tomatoes than from raw ones. The canning process involves quite a lot of heat, which increases the amount of lycopene your body can get from the tomatoes." Canned fruits and vegetables may contain a lot of sugar and other preservatives. Floyd suggested, "Be sure to get just the plain tomatoes without anything extra added in."
