Freezing Nuts, Seeds & Grains - Best Methods Of Food Preservation

Dr. Klaper offers nutrition advice on freezing nuts, seeds, and grains as the best methods of food preservation. Eating nuts and seeds in a plant-based diet is an important way to get healthy fats into your diet. Seeds and nuts such as chia, flax, and walnut contain important omega-3 fatty acids. Freezing seeds and nuts are a good food preservation technique to eliminate rancid nuts and rancid seeds in your pantry. The oils in seeds will oxidize over time when exposed to the air. It is not necessary to freeze grains as they are already shelf-stable at room temperatures.

Question: Can nuts, seeds, and dried grains be frozen and still retain their nutritional content?

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Dr. Michael Klaper is an experienced physician, an internationally-recognized teacher, and sought-after speaker on health and wellness. He resolutely believes that proper nutrition — through a whole food plant based diet — and a balanced vegan lifestyle are essential for health. He offers health tips on vegan nutrition.

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[DoctorKlaper]

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[bronwynevans]

Great idea. Thank you. Appreciate the information.

[lulitmelake]

As always, thanks for the thorough advice

[littlevoice_]

How long can ground seeds be kept in the fridge without damaging the oils?

[Annie]

I don't even get to freeze my walnuts. I can't help but eat a handful every day

[erictorbet]

I've heard that processed grains (no germ or bran) have a long shelf-life, but whole grains (rice, wheat) could benefit from freezing.

[janwilliams]

I listen to a lot of people & everyone says store in cool dark place or basement!! What about those of us that live in the south & dont have basements! How warm is too warm?? For canned goods, foods in Mylar, etc… i have an entire upstairs where I have plenty of storage space but compared to downstairs, in SUMMER !!! It gets close to 80 degrees???? Will my food & water go bad? Should I even attempt to

[lindabeyette]

Lotta my family members do not have no basement do you have a hard time keeping their e extra dry food like seeds in green

[cedarrockcabin]

I have a question for your Q & A, but don't know where to post it: more than once you refer to doing cleanses. Why? It seems counter intuitive to me. You eat a very healthy diet, feeding your body nutrients it needs, why would you interrupt the flow of nutrition? Thank you!

[panes]

Interesting.

Can the dearly loved Dr Klaper please answer the following?
1. Can bananas 🍌 increase urination? Apparently some people have difficulty with them. I belong to a menopause FB page and apparently this is a real thing with bananas. Seems a little odd to me.

2. Can Dr Klaper give us all an update on his stance on taking omega 3 supplements for men and women and indeed algae derived supplements and whether it's healthy to supplement with algae derived? Also like to know how many tbsp of freshly ground flax and chia to consume daily with or without supplements.

C. I have noticed that even though I am taking a multivitamin that includes B12 as Methleytrahydrofolate at 100ug and it contains adenosylocabin at 100ug. It seems I could only get my blood MCV level into range if I added additional sublingual B12 . The sublingual I was recommended by a GP is at 2400mcg a day and I added it in to my regimen and my MCV levels came into line. Took just 3 weeks.
I can't be the only person who is having this issue. But I realise that adding in sublingual daily on its own or in addition to my multivitamin amount of b12 is ridiculously high. So I reduced the additional sublingual to twice a week (even though the bottle says take 2400mcg daily). So, can one take too much B12? I'm not convinced the human body will urinate ALL that my body doesn't need. Can there be complications?
P.s. I am taking a multivitamin (Cytoplan 50+) because I wanted to ensure some essential vitamins like iodine and selenium are taking care of on a vegan diet as I don't like seaweed plus I am sure due to conventional crop growing fruits and vegetables are not containing as much vitamins, minerals and enzymes as they use to. I started supplements and after 3 months I felt a lot better. I also upped my raw vegetables too and green smoothies as per Dr Brooke Goldner protocol and I got my subclinical hypothyroidism back in range. So if I switch to the sublingual b12 of 2400mcg and ditch the multivitamin is 2400mcg as per the bottles daily dose too much? The brand is "nature provides".
Thank you guys