The way you prepare your vegetables can reduce their nutritional value. Here are cooking methods to avoid.
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12 Ways You're Cooking Vegetables Wrong Decreasing Their Health Benefits
While any vegetables are better than no vegetables there are certainly better ways to prepare them that will retain the most nutrients and better support an overall healthy diet. There are even some preparations that are bad for you such as adding unwanted fats calories sodium and sugars to your diet.
These are common mistakes you can make when preparing vegetables but also healthier choices.
“Boiling vegetables in water can cause the loss of water-soluble nutrients like vitamin C and B vitamins like thiamin niacin and folate” says Lauren Harris-Pincus MS RDN founder of Nutrition Starring YOU and author of The Everything Easy Pre-Diabetes Cookbook. Steaming vegetables can also deplete nutrients; if cooked for too long the vegetables can become bland. To offset bland vegetables some cooks add sweet or salty sauces and dressings. The better way: Harris-Pincus recommends roasting them to retain more of those nutrients or sautéing them with herbs and spices like garlic and ginger for flavor.
