Quote Originally Posted by tmckay2 View Post
the idea that pasteurization destroys nutrients has been debunked, but for some reason some people perpetuate that myth. in things like orange juice it can decrease the vitamin C content slightly, but it is insignificant. its kind of like the people that say immunizations cause diseases and all this mumbo jumbo. it has been investigated by many sources many times and is completely untrue. some so called "nutritionists" will say pasteurization destroys nutrients but there is no evidence of this.
I'm curious as to where you have read this. Everything I have read says that most pasteurization happens at 160-180 degrees, which, is at a lot higher temperature than the breaking point of almost all enzymes (118 degrees), and a lot of vitamins, and nutrients. I've read a lot of random blogs, and, private sites, posts about how people "know" that pasteurizing doesn't harm anything, but have never actually read any facts on the issue, just one opinion after another. If you could, PM me what you have seen, so I can read it for myself, so if I'm wrong, I can change what I tell people.