Nutrient wise, is it better to eat vegetables raw or cooked?!
Nutrient wise, is it better to eat vegetables raw or cooked?
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Nutrient-wise, it is generally better to eat anything raw than cooked (veggies, fruits, dairy, meats even). However, some methods of cooking don't harm food as much, some methods do make absorbing other nutrients easier, and to be honest, many people find it easier on the palate and the digestion to not eat everything raw, although others swear by raw diets, where nothing in the diet is cooked at all. Couple of things to keep in mind:
1. All cooking methods reduce nutrient levels in vegetables to some degree. Many vitamins are sensitive to heat exposure.
2. Water used for cooking can dissolve and wash away even more of those vitamins. (Drinking that water, mashing it into cooked veggies, or using it as soup stock would be ways to preserve those vitamins.)
3. Microwave cooking is a good way to preserve nutrients in vegetables because it requires only a minimal amount of water and cooking times are very short. Pressure cooking and steaming are also good methods - all better than boiling.
4. Avoid washing or cutting vegetables before you're ready to use them.
5. Rinse quickly rather than soak.
6. Use a sharp knife when cutting fresh vegetables; bruising vegetables can deplete them of valuable vitamins.
7. Cut off only the inedible parts of vegetables. Sometimes the best nutrients are found in the skin (or just below the skin and in the leaves).
8. Avoid peeling vegetables such as potatoes and beets until after cooking.
9. If you must boil vegetables, cook them only until crisp and with only a small amount of water.
10. Use a lid to avoid steaming away precious vitamins.
11. Avoid cutting vegetables up into small pieces. Prepare them whole, if possible.
Source(s):
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-an...
http://www.ehow.com/how_2905_prepare-veg...
http://www.nms.on.ca/elementary/know_you...
Raw.
I feel steamed vegetables seal in the nutrients and at the same time you can enjoy the taste.
Raw is better, as they can lose nutrients when cooked, especially if they are cooked for too long
Well they do loose nutritions in the cooking process but it also helps the body absorb the nutrients
You can eat only Cucumbers and salads raw.
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raw, cooking leaches out many nutrients
I have always heard that veggies should be somewhat cooked because our bodies cannot digest and process all the nutrients of raw veggies by the time they exit.
By cooking them for a bit, at begins the *digestive process* so our bodies can finish it and absorb the nutrients.
I have often been interested in finding out this enigma for certain, but I don't know if modern science etc. ever has *certains* these days.
raw if it is cooked it takes the minerals out
Raw
The BBC had a program on a few weeks ago where 8 people had to eat raw fruit and veg, like a gorilla to see how this benefitted them The nutritionalist claimed they had to eat 5 kilos of fruit and veg to get adaquate benefits so they were basically eating all day long.
Their claim was it was better to par cook, al dente, the veg for best benefits, as part of a balanced diet.
I think it depends on which vegetables and as well as how you cook it. Raw is usually better, but when cooking it is better steamed then it is fried. PLus whatever you add (example butter or oil) when cooking can just make something healthy rather unhealthy
Raw but it depaends on how much you love your veg and how healthy you sre trying to be?
It is better to eat vegetables cooked because if u eat them raw u can vomit trust me im in college.(cooking classes)
If you want to paint vegetables with a broad brush, I think raw is best. It really does depend on the vegetable. Tomatoes give off lycopene when they're cooked, making them nutritionally better for you if they're not raw. It just depends....
If you decide to cook your veggies, just make sure you don't overcook them until they're limp. That means they carry nothing of value whatsoever. Also, don't put a lot of syrups, sugar, butter, salt, etc. on them. That makes them unhealthy too.