You may be cooking the nutrients out.

[wdlove]

The use of the freezer and microwave are removing important nutritents and antioxidants out of our food. According to 2 recent studies. Fresh is better and slow steaming method preserves these needed items.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/2567059/detail.html?treets=bos&tml=bos_health&ts=T&tmi=bos_health_1_12150110212003

 

[medea]

well I never freeze anything that did not already come frozen (gardenburgers for instance) and I hardly ever use my microphone for anything other than a timer so I'm ok. I don't think this is really anything groundbreaking as I'm positive I have been told this in the past, but it's always good to bring up points like this again.

 

[Daveman Deluxe]

I've known this for awhile. That's why we usually eat fresh raw or steamed vegetables.

 

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by Daveman Deluxe
I've known this for awhile. That's why we usually eat fresh raw or steamed vegetables.

exactly. even infomercials have advertised this. it's true of many foods, the way you store and prepare them determine the chemical composition (eg nutrients)...

pnw

 

[Daveman Deluxe]

Slightly off topic: no vegetable is better than raw asparagus.

 

[medea]

Originally posted by Daveman Deluxe
Slightly off topic: no vegetable is better than raw asparagus.

actually I prefer it cooked, though only in the correct way which still results in a crispy stalk.

 

[Dros]

Originally posted by medea
I hardly ever use my microphone for anything other than a timer so I'm ok

Do you count into it or swing it like a pendulum?

 

[Chad4Mac]

I covered this topic in my Chemistry class in college.

If you have to cook veggies, cook on high heat and for the shortest period of time possible to preserve the nutrients. I generally grill my veggies or broil.

Boiling tends to leach the veggies good stuff out -- particularly the favor. My grandmother used to boil the **** out of asparagus; they were limp and basically mush. aaauughh, I can taste it now.

The more free radicals you consume on a daily basis, the better. Cook your veggys on high heat -- and quickly!


Chad4veggies

 

[radhak]

Originally posted by Dros

Originally posted by medea
I hardly ever use my microphone for anything other than a timer so I'm ok

Do you count into it or swing it like a pendulum?

It is easier to use the microwave instead, for both cooking and as a timer

 

[Giaguara]

I use microwave mainly just to heat beans .. and not even that always.

So, raw and slightly cooked or steamed veggies mainly here.

 

[Oirectine]

Haven't they known this for a while? I remember reading it in the book Alive. The doctor didn't want them to cook the human flesh because it severely limits its nutrition, but some of the passengers wouldn't eat it unless it was cooked. I guess more evidence that supports existing theories is always good though.

 

[Oirectine]

Originally posted by Dros
Do you count into it or swing it like a pendulum?

Maybe he wrote an applescript that changes the input gain at regular intervals.If the gain is high enough, this could cause feedback with the speakers. Maybe then he has the applescript put the gain back to low (or has it cut off the volume). So at regular intervals he would hear feedback. Just like a timer.

Okay it involves the microphone AND the speakers, and it is incredibly farfetched... And I'm going to shut up now...

 

[Stelliform]

I personally am not to big on veggies... But I do eat, French fries, fried okra, fried onion rings, fried eggplant, and lettuce. (OK I was skewing the facts a bit. I eat tomatoes too... wait they are a fruit. )

 

[wdlove]

It's fruits and vegetables for me. The first thing that I eat is my vegetables. Love the salad. Since I'm in a nutrition study, definitely going to check with one of our dieticians.

 

[synergy]

Originally posted by Chad4Mac
I covered this topic in my Chemistry class in college.

If you have to cook veggies, cook on high heat and for the shortest period of time possible to preserve the nutrients. I generally grill my veggies or broil.

Boiling tends to leach the veggies good stuff out -- particularly the favor. My grandmother used to boil the **** out of asparagus; they were limp and basically mush. aaauughh, I can taste it now.

The more free radicals you consume on a daily basis, the better. Cook your veggys on high heat -- and quickly!


Chad4veggies

I thought free radicals were the bad things which anti-oxidants help counter?

 

[Chad4Mac]

Originally posted by synergy
I thought free radicals were the bad things which anti-oxidants help counter?

My bad. I meant the more free radicals you consume -- through eating vegetables loaded with anti-oxidants -- the better.

Clarity, Chad. Clarity.

Chad4Mac

 

[tpjunkie]

errrr, you're still a little off there, a free radical is something like an oxygen ion or something in your body, anti oxidents bind them and keep them from causing harm

 

[Chad4Mac]

Originally posted by tpjunkie
errrr, you're still a little off there, a free radical is something like an oxygen ion or something in your body, anti oxidents bind them and keep them from causing harm

Eating carrots right now. I hope there is some binding going on now!

Chad4Mac

 

[oldschool]

Originally posted by Chad4Mac
I covered this topic in my Chemistry class in college.

If you have to cook veggies, cook on high heat and for the shortest period of time possible to preserve the nutrients. I generally grill my veggies or broil.

Boiling tends to leach the veggies good stuff out -- particularly the favor. My grandmother used to boil the **** out of asparagus; they were limp and basically mush. aaauughh, I can taste it now.

The more free radicals you consume on a daily basis, the better. Cook your veggys on high heat -- and quickly!


Chad4veggies

The more free radicals the better? I hope you're joking.