Eating raw veggies ?! yes ! why not!
Cooking veggies will result in the loss of most essential nutrients. Vitamins A,C and E, thiamin and folic acid are damaged or even destroyed by heat!!
Eating some raw foods everyday offers many health benefits:
-Maintain natural water balance
-Reduces our salt intake
-Raw food can improve our resistance to minor illnesses such as colds and flu and also help us deal more effectively with chronic conditions such as diabetes
Cooking veggies will result in the loss of most essential nutrients. Vitamins A,C and E, thiamin and folic acid are damaged or even destroyed by heat!!
Eating some raw foods everyday offers many health benefits:
-Maintain natural water balance
-Reduces our salt intake
-Raw food can improve our resistance to minor illnesses such as colds and flu and also help us deal more effectively with chronic conditions such as diabetes
Here are some tips to help minimize vitamin and mineral loss when cooking fresh, organic veggies:
-Do not pre-soak vegetables.
-Do not start cooking veggies in cold water, add them straight to boiling water or steam them
-Cook veggies as lightly as possible they should be firm and tender not soggy
-Make sauces and gravies with the veggie cooking water so that you can benefit from any vitamins or minerals lost in water.
Or just enjoy them raw without cooking! But make sure that they are cleaned very well.
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