Cheesypuff

discuss.

which one is more healthy? and are nutrients really "lost" when you cook vege's? as in...making a soup out of vege's (where you eat/drink the broth) is it the same as eating it raw?

or does cooking the vege's "kill" the nutrients?

....discuss....

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InfiniteNothing

Yes, some nutrients are destroyed with heat and with time. I like my vegis flash frozen and steamed in the microwave (flash heated ?). Seems to be the freshest way of eating them.

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renovation

i have always been under the a impression. that fresh raw vegetables had the most nutritional value.

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I'll believe that some nutritional value is lost. I refuse to believe that "valuable plant enzymes" are destroyed in the process of cooking.

An enzyme designed to do work in a plant isn't necessarily going to work in the human body.
Me, I'll generally eat more veggies when they're cooked - and that's always better for me than the raw veggies that I don't touch.

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riskykougra

I think when making soup you dont lose as much nutrients. Its when you are cooking veggies and drain the water out that you lose the most. I would have to say Fresh Veggies here because with dip is the only way my kids will eat them

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Kevster

You will lose some nutrients through cooking, but remember that there are some vegetables that are difficult to eat unless they are cooked (tubers, for instance).

Let's put it this way: if cooking green vegetables means you lose some of the nutritional value, eat more of them.

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oblongmelon

I love soup...did someone say soup?

oblongmelon

we definately need a cooking/food forum instead of lumping all of this in the SOFTER SIDE..why are veggies in the softer side? huh huh huh?? I'm offended..if you're going to post about veggies could you at least add pictures of semi naked men or something?
anyway..I'm eating RAW CAULIFLOWER and dipping it in raspberry lo fat yogurt right now and I'm enjoying every single bit..YUM

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i vote for a cooking forum or sub forum ~~~~

zippyjuan

Couldn't say right now which ones, but some vegies HAVE to be cooked for your body to be able to use most of the nutrients. Too much fiber in your diet can also cause foods to pass faster through you allowing for less absorption. Just don't over cook things to mush- unless it is a winter squash or potato.

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oblongmelon

and where is the photo of a semi naked man???????? hmmmm

johnnymk

There is a guy in a local health food store who says that nuking food is the worst thing you could do. He blames it for a myriad of health problems.

InfiniteNothing

It's not terribly uncommon to fear what you don't understand.

Sapphie

What is flash freezing, please?

Jeffbx

Flash freezing is a process many food vendors use to rapidly freeze vegetables & such using very low temperatures. It allows the food to freeze with much less crystallization, which can destroy the plant cells & make the veggies mushy when thawed.

Maarchk

I'd be curious to know what veggies are better for you when cooked. Logically i would believe something in its most natural form (raw) would be best for you. I would think adding and removing water would take away some of the nutrients albeit not too many if its just a rinse job and a lot more if its boiling and then draining.
I would see soup as in the middle with boiling and then steaming away some stuff. But thats just a logical thought, the world rarely follows up on logic.

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AWESOME! IT'S THE HOFF!...pre drunk apparently, and most likely 20 years ago..but well worth looking at at the time..THANKS! woohooooo

Cheesypuff

ummm...beastiality is not appropriate in the forums!!! lol

but yeah...can vitamins "die" when you cook them? does a presence of heat kill the effectiveness of the vitamins? i like making mash vege's. putting random veges in a soup and cooking it for a long time till they're all mashed and soft and thick. am i getting any nutrients from that?

cruelpupet

Of course you lose nutrients. Its just like making tea. Unless you're drinking the water too.


Millions of years designed our bodies to consume it raw. Why screw with evolution.

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Cheesypuff

it's not screwing with evolution ... for the most part. i would think it would be a perfect example of evolution...our bodies adapting to cooked foods. lol.

true it's not the natural progression of nature...but our bodies would still try to adjust.

so cruelpupet, are you saying if i boil broccoli in water, eat the broccoli and drink the water, it would be the same at eating the broccoli raw?