Well I can't tell you *exactly* what is lost - but it is well known that
vitamins in foods (notably the Bs) lose their potency upon freezing (or
cooking for that matter).  There are many, many links on-line - just
Google "nutritional loss freezing" to see.

I quite agree with you regarding chickens - you have hit on the reason
that I prefer the meat of chickens that were fed a natural diet.

Regards,

-=mark=-

Rundle wrote:

> From: thetasig <<... Freezing at home does nothing except lower the nutritional levels and does not eradicate so-called "pathogens" - it just slows them down.... <snip> ...chickens are omnivores so ask what they are fed...>>
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> Mark,
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> Could you expand on the above statement?... what exactly is lost in freezing?... any links about the subject?...
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> As for chickens... left to their own devices, eating a completely natural diet, they would not be laying eggs daily...

commercial chickens, even those  organic/biodynamic and pastured, are
fed grains which apparently disrupt their

hormonal balance, increasing their egg production.... in the wild, birds
lay eggs seasonally not daily.
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> Dedy
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