Christine M. Bruhn, PhD, is the director of the Center for Consumer Research at the University of California, Davis, and coauthor of the consumer publication Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetables. Dr. Bruhn’s research focuses on consumer issues in food safety and quality.
After the recent E. coli food poisoning scare in Europe, a coworker told me that she was washing her raw…
Vegetables are canned upon harvest, when nutrients are at their peak, so some canned varieties may have even more nutrients.…