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06/04/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Don’t know how to cook your broccoli? Science proves that stir-frying is the best way to preserve glucosinolates

Broccoli can be served in a number of ways, but a study suggests that the best way to cook it is to stir-fry it. The study, published in the journal Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, found that stir-frying is the best way to preserve the disease-fighting compounds called glucosinolates, which are found in cruciferous vegetables […]

03/07/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Does stir-frying veggies destroy their nutrition? Not according to the latest scientific analysis

Remember when your mother told you to finish your vegetables and warned you against stir-frying your food to preserve its nutrients? “It will destroy the healthy ingredients in vegetables that keep you strong,” she cautioned. So you dutifully ate boiled or non-fried food, even if it meant enduring its bland taste. Now that stir-fried food […]

09/28/2015 / By Vicki Batts

Microwaving food nukes nutrients

Microwaves are the pride and joy of generations past; you could reheat food without burning it. Today though, we know that microwaving actually destroys all the good things in your food, especially vitamins and antioxidants – which are very delicate. When you put something in the microwave, you are literally nuking it from the inside […]

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