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Raw Food. Topic summary contributed by volunteer (s): Johanna. There is evidence that raw food diets may be inadequate in many dietary aspects. In one study, vitamin B-carotene levels were higher in subjects who ate seven servings a day of both raw and cooked vegetables, as opposed to 14 servings a day of purely raw vegetables.
Is it better to eat our vegetables raw or cooked? If you’re thinking raw, you’re right! But if you guessed cooked, you’re also right! A number of nutrients, like vitamin C, are partially destroyed by cooking. On the other hand, some nutrients become more absorbable upon cooking. For example, we get three times more antioxidants in cooked carrots than raw. More cancer-fighting indoles in ...
This study was done in Europe, so the “average Western diet” here wasn’t terrible. Four servings of fruits and vegetables a day, versus a better diet—seven servings a day of fruits and veggies, both raw and cooked; versus a raw food diet, in which they ate, on average, a whopping 17 servings of fruits and veggies a day; leading them to ...
So, eating oyster mushrooms raw is fine, though eating raw or undercooked shitake mushrooms can cause something else, called shiitake mushroom flagellate dermatitis. Flagellate as in flagellation, whipping or flogging: you can break out in a rash that makes it look as if you’ve been whipped. It’s thought to be caused by a compound in ...
The humble carrot is unique in that it is one of two vegetables that may actually become healthier through cooking. No matter how you prepare them—even by boiling—carrots, as well as celery, appear to gain in antioxidant power. A plant-based diet may help prevent, treat, or reverse heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and other ...
Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease. But which is more protective—raw or cooked?
What about Raw Milk? I know the general arguments against milk as ‘Toxin’ cites above, personally I am a vegan, but what is the actual research on Raw milk vs pasteurized milk. I work in the area of local food and farmers markets and I am exposed to vegetarians and omnivores that are big boosters for raw milk. With so much propaganda and misinformation being flung from both the sides of ...
Bell peppers are best eaten raw for maximum nutritional value: cooking them can lead to antioxidant loss. For substantiation of any statements of fact from the peer-reviewed medical literature, please see the associated videos below.
Frying for 5 to 10 minutes wipes out a lot, but microwaving is a more healthful way to cook, and it works even better. Just one minute in the microwave “reduce [s] the agaritine content of the [fresh sliced] mushrooms by 65 percent,” and only 30 seconds wipes out about half. So, microwaving is probably the easiest way to reduce agaritine ...
Garlic and other allium family vegetables appear to have special properties beyond being chemopreventive. For example, garlic has also been found to lower blood pressure, regulate cholesterol, stimulate immunity, and improve artery function. What’s more, the best available balance of evidence suggests that garlic may even prevent occurrences ...