basic question (are frozen fruits raw)

[annamac]

hi, i am just learning about the raw food diet and i have a very basic question. are frozen fruits still considered raw and if so, can you juice fruit and freeze it, to thaw at a later date. i want juice at work (i work 12hour shifts) and i cant find an feasible way to do it. any help would be greatly appreciate, thanks.

[SamuelWilson]

hi, i am just learning about the raw food diet and i have a very basic question. are frozen fruits still considered raw and if so, can you juice fruit and freeze it, to thaw at a later date. i want juice at work (i work 12hour shifts) and i cant find an feasible way to do it. any help would be greatly appreciate, thanks.

Yes, frozen fruits are considered raw. The acceptions are frozen fruits in the freezer section of your grocery store. Almost all frozen fruits and veggies in the freezer section of your grocery store are blanched, meaning they have been exposed to enzyme damaging temperatures and would no longer be part of a "raw" diet.

[veghed]

oopps. i think i ruined my first raw day. i had some frozen fruit for lunch. my fruit is organic and from wild oats, would that make a difference? is there anyway i can check if the brand of frozen fruit i buy is still considered raw?

[SamuelWilson]

veghed, it is ok, I wouldn't worry about minor details. I would recommend you buy your own fresh fruit and freeze it if you want frozen fruit. A good rule of thumb is to avoid the freezer section of your grocery store altogether.

There will be slip ups, even long term raw veterans slip up every now and then. Just take it one day at a time and keep doing what your doing. Before you know it, days turn into weeks, then weeks turn into months, and then months turn into years.

[Gita]

I dont get it-- freezing damages the cells as well as blanching. I think the blanch because they have to lyse the cell wall. Some frogs and fish can survive freezing, but fruit is expendable, ment to nurture the seed it holds-- so I dont' think either frozen or blanched and frozen count as "living" foods. Technically, ripining is also just "rotting" the conversion of sugars-- albeit prompted by enzymes-- so fruit decays from the moment it is picked.