Are the nutrients and vitamins lacking in your cooked meals? This might be the case, since most of us are unaware of the cooking practices that might be doing us more harm than good Have you ever wondered that you’re spending all the money on getting those fancy veggies and meat and making sure that your diet is on point, but even then the results aren’t as good as was promised by the books?

2. This might be the case, since most of us are
unaware of the cooking practices that might be
doing us more harm than good
Have you ever wondered that you’re spending
all the money on getting those fancy veggies
and meat and making sure that your diet is on
point, but even then the results aren’t as good
as was promised by the books?

3. This might be the case, since most of us are
unaware of the cooking practices that might be
doing us more harm than good, and wasting
the hours of preparation and effort gone in the
kitchen. Vegetables contain enzymes that create
and destroy minerals and vitamins at the same
time. Once they’ve been picked, the creation
stops but the degradation of these enzymes
continues.

4. To save these health boosters the vegetables
should be refrigerated until use, in air tight
containers. Cooking and storage should be
done in airtight containers only, so that
oxidation is minimised and valuable nutrients
aren’t lost. Besides this, you guys need to
throw away the transparent pots and pans and
get opaque ones, since minimum exposure to
light helps retain nutrients as well. Another
mistake we all make is cooking on high
temperatures or long periods of time.

5. The longer the food is exposed to heat, and the
higher the temperature, the more essential
vitamins you’re saying goodbye to! These two
are the most common mistakes people make
and end up losing half of what they expected in
terms of nutrients when they went out and
bought the broccoli and mushrooms and other
stuff they didn’t cook in a proper manner.
Besides these mistakes, another absolute no no
is cooking veggies in water.

6. Water leeches almost all the nutrients from the
vegetables, and then gets evaporated taking
them away with it! So try and cook with as
little or no water if possible. Don’t believe us?
Next time you’re using water to cook, just
check the colour change of the water. The
nutrients and essentials are the agents causing
that change.

7. If you’re going to cook with water anyway, and
don’t want to listen to us or have no other way,
at least find a way to consume that water. It’s
rich in nutrients and should not go to waste!
Gulp it down if you have to but make sure it
goes in, because it’s only going to do you good.

8. Besides these, make sure to buy your fruits and
vegetables from a trusted seller, and wash
them well before consumption to eliminate the
dangers of harmful pesticides or chemicals
going in with the food.