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Old 10-18-2010, 05:51 AM   #6
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I thought cooking veggies made you loose some of the nutrients...? But if you cook them using the steam method they retain more nutrients, but will still loose the heat sensitive ones...I don't know, maybe there is a nutritionalist on YT?
It depends on the vegetable. Carrots are one of those, that while cooking does render some of the falcarinol and beta carotene unusable , it also unlocks the ability to access more by our digestive tracts by the break down of the cell wall.

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