Does steaming or boiling vegetables remove the vitamins and nutrients?

Answer 1

Yes, but if you use the water to make a broth or soup that is good for you!

Answer 2

They both remove some nutrients. Steaming is much more healthy than boiling. If you boil, just boil for a minute or two.

Answer 3

It is best to steam all vegetables as this saves the vitamins & nutrients more so than boiling.

Answer 4

Boiling does, most of the nutrients end up in the boiling water...steaming them keeps more in the veggies and I think tastes a little better.

Answer 5

boiling does steaming not as much boiling ur washing out the nutrients and it falls into the water which u dump anyways steaming u don't wash off or away the nutrition vitamins it just cooks best to steam and steam in microwave and cook in microwave lol

Answer 6

All cooking removes some vitamins and nutrients. Steaming removes the least, boiling more so, depending on how much water you use and how long you cook them.

Answer 7

Boiling removes the most nutrients as they leach out into the water. Steaming isn't as bad. Believe it or not, microwave is best way to cook veggies and keep the most nutrients.

Just read it on here or in Health magazine.

Answer 8

Steaming is the best way of preserving the nutrients in veg as many of them are water soluble and leech into the water when veg are boiled.

Answer 9

boiling does because of the excess water and all. If you steam them there's less water and the top keeps the good stuff in. When you boil you dont usually use a top.

Answer 10

Boiling removes more than steaming. So if you have to cook them I'd say steam them.

Answer 11

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When you boil them is when you lose the important parts of the Veggie.. I had to ask that question before also thats how I know the answer so good luck hun and hope that helps....