Or is that just a wives' tale?
Does the microwave oven kill vitamins?
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Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
You're asking this on an automotive oil site???? SMH
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Any cooking robs vegetables of vitamins-even cooking in water causes some of the nutrients to leach into the water. The key is cooking quickly using little or no liquid.
Yep. And nutrition of any food starts to go down as soon as it is harvested.
The fresher the food the better.
However note that freezing food quickly after harvesting will actually preserve nutrition better than fresh or even refrigerated food that spends days or weeks in the supply chain.
Any cooking robs vegetables of vitamins-even cooking in water causes some of the nutrients to leach into the water. The key is cooking quickly using little or no liquid.
Yep. And nutrition of any food starts to go down as soon as it is harvested.
The fresher the food the better.
However note that freezing food quickly after harvesting will actually preserve nutrition better than fresh or even refrigerated food that spends days or weeks in the supply chain.
Originally Posted By: Joe_Power
You're asking this on an automotive oil site???? SMH
And yet, here you are. Also, I do not presume everyone on an automotive oil site to be an expert on oil or anything. Rather I think people visit such sites to learn something or to get inspired. As for off-topic forums, they exist so that you can avoid them, if you choose to do so. However, how many people have merely one interest to begin with? And we all eat.
hotwheels
You're asking this on an automotive oil site???? SMH
And yet, here you are. Also, I do not presume everyone on an automotive oil site to be an expert on oil or anything. Rather I think people visit such sites to learn something or to get inspired. As for off-topic forums, they exist so that you can avoid them, if you choose to do so. However, how many people have merely one interest to begin with? And we all eat.
hotwheels
Originally Posted By: hotwheels
Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
Originally Posted By: Evanson
However note that freezing food quickly after harvesting will actually preserve nutrition better than fresh or even refrigerated food that spends days or weeks in the supply chain.
You watch asapscience too??
Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
Originally Posted By: Evanson
However note that freezing food quickly after harvesting will actually preserve nutrition better than fresh or even refrigerated food that spends days or weeks in the supply chain.
You watch asapscience too??
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Originally Posted By: horse123
Originally Posted By: hotwheels
Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
So you are confidently claiming that 100°C over x amount of time is not sufficient to diminish or destroy any vitamins? You heard it here first, folks!
hotwheels
Originally Posted By: hotwheels
Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
So you are confidently claiming that 100°C over x amount of time is not sufficient to diminish or destroy any vitamins? You heard it here first, folks!
hotwheels
Originally Posted By: hotwheels
Originally Posted By: horse123
Originally Posted By: hotwheels
Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
So you are confidently claiming that 100°C over x amount of time is not sufficient to diminish or destroy any vitamins? You heard it here first, folks!
hotwheels
lol
Originally Posted By: horse123
Originally Posted By: hotwheels
Microwaves produce heat and most vitamins are heat-sensitive. Vitamin C is very easily diminished or destroyed by heating with any method. However, time, temperature and cooking method matter. The pressure cooker offers probably the least destructive cooking method.
hotwheels
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
So you are confidently claiming that 100°C over x amount of time is not sufficient to diminish or destroy any vitamins? You heard it here first, folks!
hotwheels
lol
Denaturaton of some proteins start to occur at anything above 55C, but vitamins withstand more heat, since they are much of a less complex kind of molecules.
Originally Posted By: horse123
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
It's interesting how those folks at Harvard, who have actually studied it, disagree with you. Since the actual cooking times in a microwave are normally shorter, there is less than some other cooking methods, but microwave cooking still reduces nutrients.
Originally Posted By: Joe_Power
You're asking this on an automotive oil site???? SMH
Yes, in the "General and Off Topic-Food/Cooking/Beverages" section of the forum. Is that difficult to understand?
This is just not true. Microwaves do not heat food enough to destroy ANYTHING except some living organisms (like bacteria).
It's interesting how those folks at Harvard, who have actually studied it, disagree with you. Since the actual cooking times in a microwave are normally shorter, there is less than some other cooking methods, but microwave cooking still reduces nutrients.
Originally Posted By: Joe_Power
You're asking this on an automotive oil site???? SMH
Yes, in the "General and Off Topic-Food/Cooking/Beverages" section of the forum. Is that difficult to understand?
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Yes, in the "General and Off Topic-Food/Cooking/Beverages" section of the forum. Is that difficult to understand?
Honestly, I find folks on here very highly educated folks with a ton of diverse experiences. I would ask any question (allowed) here under the sun.
Yes, in the "General and Off Topic-Food/Cooking/Beverages" section of the forum. Is that difficult to understand?
Honestly, I find folks on here very highly educated folks with a ton of diverse experiences. I would ask any question (allowed) here under the sun.
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