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Originally Posted by tony404
is it true if they are frozen most of the health benefits are gone?
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No not at all. Not only do they use flash freezing at peak of ripeness. They are not cooking them either (which btw helps many veggies). Worse thing freezing does it occasional breaks cell walls via crystallization (greatly reduced by freezing technology). Antioxidants are not harmed by freezing, unless you blanch them first (cooking them). Yet again the idea of all antioxidants are hurt by cooking would then rule out the benefits of tea's. Then if you go in reverse and keep in mind dried ones are even more potent anyways.