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Cooking Sometimes Best Prep For Veggies -TAKE THAT, Natalie Portman!!!
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It's anathema for people like that to get over the "Eat it as I found it"-mantra, but various forms of cooking can help develop/change the amount of nutrients that actually make it into your bloodstream, instead of just passing through you.
One of the veggies that benefits is the tomato. Raw food studies have found people deficient in Lycopene if it's not cooked. ->Viva Italia!
It turns out even different cooking methods can have different effects. Microwaving can be better than the always-healthy-looking Steaming for some vegetables.
Boiling and Frying as expected, were particularly bad for all types of nutrients.
The biggest nutrient-destroying factors are High Temperatures, Long Cooking times, Alkalis (ex: baking soda and hard water), Prolonged Contact With Water, and Oxidation.
Photo, "Red Little Tomato", by Paola PB, http://www.dabobabo.it/
Links:
NYT-Best Cooking CBS-Cooking CityTV NYT-Microwaving
Posted by Will on 05/27/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |
