4 ways to cause nutrient loss
These methods cause nutrient loss
Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, which are very important to our health. In order to make vegetables taste more delicious, we will cook vegetables in different ways, but we need to be aware that if the cooking method is improper, it will cause a lot of loss of nutrients.
1. Pour out the soup for cooking
Generally, the volume of vegetables will become smaller after they are cooked, and people can eat more vegetables than raw ones. But vitamin C has poor heat resistance and is easy to lose once heated. Therefore, it is better not to discard the soup after cooking vegetables, and use or ingest the soup containing vitamin C reasonably to avoid losing vitamin C.
2. Soak vegetables in cold water for a long time
Generally, when vegetables are used for salad, they will be temporarily soaked in cold water after cutting vegetables to maintain a refreshing flavor. However, long-term immersion will lead to the loss of nutrients, and water-soluble vitamins will slowly drain into the soaking water. Therefore, it is very wrong to soak vegetables in water for a long time.
3. Juice carrots with other vegetables
Generally, when making vegetable juice, we will consider mixing as many vegetables as possible to achieve a variety of nutrients intake. However, it is not good to make carrot juice together with other vegetables. Carrots contain vitamin C oxidase, which will destroy the vitamin C contained in other vegetables. Therefore, carrots should not be used with juice.
4. Use blender and food processor to make vegetable and fruit juice
Children who do not like to eat vegetables and fruits usually have no resistance to vegetable and fruit juice, and mothers often rely on the way of using vegetable and fruit juice to supplement nutrition for children. However, if the food mixer or processor is used to break the fruits and vegetables, it is easy to cause the loss of vitamin C in the fruits and vegetables. This is because when vegetables and fruits are stirred and crushed, a large amount of vitamin C contacts the air and is oxidized, resulting in loss. Therefore, if you want to make raw vegetable juice, you'd better use a manual juicer to reduce the possibility of oxidation.
