negatively affect the naturally occurring nutrients and phytochemicals?
A. Generally speaking, excessively heating any natural substance may slightly alter the enzyme/nutrient levels. We do not recommend excessive heating of any of our products. You may, however, wish to add these products to a heated beverage at a drinkable temperature (e.g. hot tea). Science has proven that heating some natural foods can actually increase the bioavailability of key active compounds –for example, tomato sauce/ketchup and lycopene.