Really? - The Claim - Refrigeration Preserves the Nutrients of Fruits and Vegetables. - Question - NYTimes.com

Did you know that fruits and vegetables lose their nutritional content with time. Good reason to eat it as soon as you can and to buy local.

Really? - The Claim - Refrigeration Preserves the Nutrients of Fruits and Vegetables. - Question - NYTimes.com:

"...consumers may not realize that many fruits and vegetables experience rapid losses in their nutritional value when stored for more than a few days.

In part, that is because the produce has usually already spent days in transport and on shelves before you buy it, said Barbara P. Klein, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Once they hit the refrigerator, she added, some fruits and vegetables can lose as much as 50 percent of their vitamin C and other nutrients in the ensuing week, depending on the temperature."