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How to cook vegetables to get the most nutrients

Posted on October 09, 2008

First up in October s Q & A Thursday is a question from Andrea: I ve often heard that you should steam vegetables, rather than boil them, to gain more nutrients out of them. However, I am not sure why this is so. Is this because (a) nutrients are water soluble, so when you boil them and drain off the water, you are pouring the nutrients away? Or (b) boiling vegetables actually destroys the nutrients somehow? Vegetables contain a number of different nutrients. Vitamins, minerals, fibre, antioxidants, as well as carbohydrates and even tiny amounts of protein. While we can get carbohyra...

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