How much nutrients are lost while cooking vegetables?

Answer 1

According to http://diabeticgourmet.com/articles/563.... steaming vegetables doesn't cause them to lose many nutrients or vitamins at all. However, boiling them causes great reduction in Vitamin C and antioxidants. The best way is to either steam them or eat them raw. If you'd like to see specific values, check out this scientific study done on vegetables and the nutrients lost while boiling them. You can find this at: http://www.pjbs.org/pjnonline/fin104.pdf... Scroll down to the Conclusions section if you're just interested in the results.

Answer 2

As most others have said, it depends on how you cook them and sometimes how long too.

Boiling is probably the worst since many of the water-soluble vitamins will go into the water from the food (...you could always drink the cooking water, but not too appetizing). Of course, the longer the boil, the more that's lost. The only things I boil nowadays are potatoes to mash, and eggs in the shell (nothing lost there), and grains like pasta.

The best cooking methods for keeping as many nutrients as possible are steaming (various ways to do that), or microwaving without any water or just a little if you must.
Then comes baking/roasting --though there the food isn't covered.

Generally, too much *high* heat will challenge some of the nutrients, as well as doing some other unhealthy things.

Braising (cooking in a liquid you'll also be eating as sauce/gravy) is good too, and that's usually done at a low temp.


Diane B.

Answer 3

How much nutrients are lost while cooking vegetables

From: Kalpana
Question: I would like to know how much nutrients are lost while cooking vegetables

Ans: Nutrients lost during cooking vegetables will depend on the method of cooking. Baking, grilling or broiling there is not much of loss of nutrients. But in boiling and stewing nutrients are lost. But some nutrients like vitamin C are lost in all types of cooking.

http://www.bawarchi.com/health/queries17.html#5

Answer 4

Nutrients lost during cooking vegetables will depend on the method of cooking. Baking, grilling or broiling there is not much of loss of nutrients. But in boiling and stewing nutrients are lost. But some nutrients like vitamin C are lost in all types of cooking.

Answer 5

This question will gets lots of different answers. Wasnt long ago people were saying frozen veggies had more nutrients then canned. That has since been misproven. Im not sure how much is lost during cooking or if in fact any is lost during cooking but I dont boil any of mine usually I steam them. More then likely because years ago my mother told me steaming was best

Answer 6

nutrients lost for the time of cooking vegetables will matter on the approach of cooking. Baking, grilling or broiling there isn't a lot of loss of nutrients. yet in boiling and stewing nutrients are lost. yet some nutrients like nutrition C are lost in all styles of cooking.

Answer 7

depends on how you cook them. Steaming is best - boiling is worse. Dont let them go squishy. All the nutrients are well gone by then

Answer 8

Non to all, depending on how you happen to cook it.