Dietitian Carlene Thomas emphasizes the importance of enjoying vegetables over the cooking method. While research shows cooking affects nutrition, the most crucial factor is whether the vegetables will be consumed. Prolonged cooking can degrade nutrients, but certain cooking methods, like steaming and microwaving, can enhance the nutrient availability. For instance, cooked tomatoes and carrots provide more nutrients than raw. Therefore, simple cooking techniques can boost nutrient absorbance in vegetables, which helps in improving overall diet quality.
"The best vegetables are the ones you actually want to eat. If they're going in the trash, they're not in your body."
"Cooking not only softens the cellular walls in vegetables, making them easier to digest, but it also changes their structure to increase bioavailability."
Collection
[
|
...
]