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Raw Veggies Vs. Cooked Veggies? | Dr. Berg
Video taken from the channel: Dr. Eric Berg DC
Are you cooking the vitamins out of your food? Health HacksThomas DeLauer
Video taken from the channel: BeFiT
Raw Vs Cooked Which Contains More Vitamins and Minerals
Video taken from the channel: The Uma Show
How to Prepare Vegetables Without Losing Nutrients
Video taken from the channel: Dr. Ann Wellness
Raw vs Cooked Veggies Is One Better than the Other?
Video taken from the channel: Dr. Becky Gillaspy
Does Cooking Food Destroy Nutrients?
Video taken from the channel: Sarah Moran Nutrition
How Does Cooking Affect Nutrition in Food? (What The Science Says)
Video taken from the channel: Jeff Nippard
Cooking Can Enhance Nutrient Value. It has been said eating raw vegetables provides the best nutrients. While this may be the case for most veggies, cooking actually increases nutrient value in some vegetables. There appears to be positive and negative feedback.
Cooking may enhance the nutrient value of some veggies allowing for better absorption of nutrients and antioxidants. Regardless of whether you eat them raw or cooked. The health benefits of eating a wide variety of vegetables are shown to significantly improve your health.
Cook vegetables in smaller amounts of water to reduce the loss of vitamin C and B vitamins. Try to eat any cooked vegetables within a day or two, as their vitamin C.More specifically, the review indicates that an onion’s pungency increases during chopping (hence onion-induced tears), steaming is the best way to maintain nutritional quality (including TAC, carotenoids, glucosinolates and more), cooking and baking onions improves their flavonols content, soaking and cooking veggies helps remove anti-nutrients such as tannins and acid phytic, boiling helps.Dry cooking methods such as grilling, roasting and stir-frying also retain a greater amount of nutrients than boiling. If you prefer to boil your vegetables, save the nutrient-rich cooking water to.
Interesting, for the last 30 years they have been telling us raw vegetables were the only ones worth eating!! Does Cooking Vegetables Increase.Roasting and baking– Roasting and baking is another healthy way to fix your vegetables. Again, adding some healthy fat such as olive oil is a great.
Cooked carrots, spinach, mushrooms, asparagus, cabbage, peppers and many other vegetables also supply more antioxidants, such as carotenoids and ferulic acid, to the body than they do when raw.”Cooking [vegetables] in water robs them of some of their nutritional value because the nutrients leach out into the cooking water,” states the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide. In truth, however, any cooking method that employs heat results in a nutrient loss.As a result, cooking vegetables does not decrease the effectiveness of enzymes.
Although cooking degrades some nutrients, absorption of the remaining nutrients is increased. Raw-food advocates claim that cooking destroys important enzymes, or proteins that perform biological reactions.Unfortunately, the cooking process can break down, destroy, or leech out the nutrients in your vegetables.
The good news is that there are methods that help maintain the nutritional value in your veggies. All of those methods follow three cooking rules: Rule #1 – Cook with less water.Vegetables lose some nutrients during cooking, especially when they’re cooked in water, but they still retain sufficient vitamins and minerals. The total nutritional value lost depends on the type.Although practically every veggie has nutritional benefits, the above crops are true powerhouses.
For more information on vegetable nutrition, check out the USDA Food Composition Database. Learn More. Don’t skimp on the veggies!
Here are More Good Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables. And to add great flavor, learn How to Grill Vegetables.Vegetables Nutrition Facts Raw, edible weight portion. Percent Daily Values (%DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Vegetables Serving Size (gram weight/.But because microwave cooking times are shorter, cooking with a microwave does a better job of preserving vitamin C and other nutrients that break down when heated. As far as vegetables go, cooking them in water robs them of some of their nutritional value because the nutrients leach out into the cooking water.
List of related literature:
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| from Mosby’s Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage E-Book | |
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| from The New Oxford Book of Food Plants | |
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| from A Textbook of Foods, Nutrition & Dietetics | |
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| from Nutrition and Dietetics’ 2007 Ed.2007 Edition | |
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| from Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, Two Volume Set |
182 comments
I need your help! I’m planning to do only another 3-4 videos in the Myth Bust Monday series this season. My goal with Season 1 of MBM was to cover most of the main NUTRITION/HEALTH ideas/myths. In Season 2, I will focus almost entirely on TRAINING related myths, which I’m really excited about. Anyway, given that I only have 3-4 topics left, what would you like to see? Here is a list of potential topics I’ve come up with:
flouride in water
detox diet
need to drink 16 glasses of water per day
roid rage
is milk bad for you?
dieting for bodytype?
does metabolism slow down as you age?
organic vs generic foods
alkaline diet
Lemme know if you wanna hear any of these or something else! Have a great week guys.
I have checked your page but is no free list for download, you can see videos but when you click the link is asking for money…..i am confused
what about if you do meal prep and reheat food in the microwave or by other means like oven/stove?
If you drink the water that is used to boil the vegetables? or is it the boiling process itself that destroys nutrients, steaming has high temps also.
Love this video! Thanks Jeff for all the work you put on them. Best wishes from Colombia.
It does kill the nutrition. Go on a raw food diet and you’ll understand
What if I take it all d water n solid too…cuz I do much voiling
Thomas, I love your videos! They are always so informative! Thanks
How do u know when ur not absorbing ur vitamines? And, if ur not absorbing does excretion mean u don’t need them?
I put my broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and half an apple in a juicer.
Good information! One of the many things I enjoy on my low carb way of eating, is the addition of more healthy fats.
I always cook broccoli. This is one of the few vegetables I can not eat raw.
Thx for the information. I have heard that sprinkling mustard seed on cooked broccoli adds back an enzyme that is lost when cooking and I think that is an anti-cancer enzyme or something.
Is it better to take your vitamins at night or in the morning
What if you eat the juice, as in soup, after boiling vegetables?
High-quality, informative video as usual Jeff! I also really like the desk setup and color scheme you have going on.
Hey…Uma you never share about tea…please tell us about green tea & macha green tea.
What’s the difference?
Which is best?
How to make it?
When to consume?
Idea for a new topic: weighted stretching and its effectiveness on muscle growth through hyperplasia and hypertrophy. (Study performed on birds shows NEW cell growth)
Hey Jeff, thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge with us. I’m curious on periodization of workouts for naturals. For examples x weeks of 8-10 reps (for size), y weeks of 12-20 reps (for recovery and stamina ) and z weeks of 2-4 reps (for strength). Is there any need to do this? If yes, which order and what are the things to think about?
What about chicken and fish? whats the best method to cook?
When you get dentures, it’s harder to eat raw veges
So I juice the hard to eat veges, and I eat cooked veges anyway.
Detox diet
Metabolism slowdown and age
alkaline diet
Thanks Jeff
What about gaining weight or eating healthy. So much research and people are still fat
Obviously, haven’t seen my cooking skills, otherwise you would say raw vegetables are better! Seriously, another great video. [Personally, I think asparagus is improved by putting it in the bin!]
For Asian who live in Asia, we eat cooked vegetables like everyday. Raw salad vegetables very alien in our diet. It takes courage and full determination to really enjoy eating raw salad.
Hi Dr. Eric,…I have low stomach acid and gerd gastritis. I am hypersensitive to foods too…how to build up the stomach acid? Thank you!
I can’t remember but I think nickel replaces zinc and inhibits over 200 enzymatic reactions
Metabolism slowing with age…also if you touched on how long it takes for your metabolism to adjust to a new lower cal intake/resetting your metabolism/reverse diets. Haha more like 5 videos to cover all of that
Jeff what about cooking oil? How many calories from oil do stick to meat when I grill it?
Impressive movie! Right here at Y&S FOOD! we like to come across this type of content. We produce Travel & Food movies as well, everywhere around the world, and so we are often looking to get inspirations and so concepts. Thank You.
I never have to research any topic again, I just gotta watch Jeff! Thanks man! ��
Jeff I just would like to let you know that your videos are really cool and actually supported by science. Not to mention that the edits are fire as well.
In the studies that show boiling is the worst method, did they assay the water for the nutrients in question? It makes sense that vitamin C would be boiled out of the vegetables but remain in the water. Vitamin C is a very hardy molecule and if it’s not thermally degraded by the other methods boiling shouldn’t, especially steaming vs. boiling. In a streamer they’re essentially the same temperature, but the extra energy in the steam would also degrade some of the organics. I say that because I don’t think temperature is the parameter to draw a conclusion from, but dilution is. My takeaway is to go ahead and boil if you making a soup or stew and capture the nutrients in the broth.
With boiling at high temperatures and large amounts of water is the loss of nutrients due to them diffusing into water or the temperatures changing the molecules and denaturing it?
I somewhat busted a nut upon seeing a new Jeff Nippard upload.
I don’t like any flavourless liquid. So I’d like to learn about ‘16 glasses of water a day’
Such a timely video, Dr. Becky! I have “retrained” my taste buds and now crave veggies instead of carbs. Thank you!
the longer you cook tomatoes, the more nutrition you get. Tomato paste is one of the healthiest foods for you.
Garlic is interesting, it requires 10 minutes in the air to oxidize before heating, or it has almost no nutrition.
There is alot of information being touched on concerning foods that affect the goiter when eaten raw what’s your take on this Dr Berg.
Love your videos thank you
What about the fat soluble vitamins( beta-carotene and K)? These molecules require fat to transport them through the gut. Hasnt it been shown in studies that cooking vegetables in fats/oils aids in the absorption of these? Therefore sautéing or baking vegetables on a low heat for a short time with added fats would be the best
It’s all very complicated, and I think for the majority of the population, simply eating more vegetables will benefit their health a lot. Great video:)
Any chance you can do a video on multivitamins? I can’t seem to get good information on them. The scientific literature makes them look terrible, but then I see evidence based guys telling people to take them. Can’t tell if they are worth it or not.
Somebody said that all food cooked doesn’t have nutrients. Only raw food has it.
Microwaves are killing your food. Look into Quantum Mechanics!!!
Dr Berg, i buy fresh vegetables, clean and freeze them. i get some from each kind to make my shake. Am i doing it right? Thank you in advance
i believe the right way to eat is raw but many things you say is false
So if I want my vitamin c I should go raw and for other nutrition I should cook that is one messy fact to take that leads to more questions on what I should do with my vegetables
BRILLIANT! Thanks Jeff.
BTW, I steam my vegetables when I cook them.
EDIT: so what about ” if you eat after 7pm, the calories will go straight to fat.”? This is commonly put out there in the media.
(Assuming a normal sleep schedule. i.e. not doing shift work)
Next video topic idea: ‘Does consuming primarily organic have any effect on health outcomes?’.
Can you do a video on low-carb vegan? Is it possible to get coq10 being vegan? I know you need b12 and fatty acids and those supplements can be vegan but are there essential nutrients that you absolutely cannot attain while being strictly vegan?? I think a lot of people would be interested. Thank you!
I just try and keep it simple and just get the veggies in, no matter how I cook em
I started adding more raw fruits and veggies. Results are amazing
Problem with too many raw plants is u will loose too much weight and look sick and old because most raw plants have almost no calories
What about combined foods, gut health and stuff like that? As well as food intake timing.
I came here to be enligntened on this subject but you made me more confused, not your fault, no doubt the video is informative ��
eating meat raw is so different and super beneficial then cooked! i base my diet around raw animal foods <3
Hey guys need your help! Can anyone recommend a good channel/ video for information on strength training and creating a workout for it?
I’m looking to create a lower upper leg push pull split with the first two days being strength based and hypertrophy for the rest, however struggling to find some good scientific information on strength stuff! Thanks
Honestly, I prefer raw to being cooked. I love the texture and flavor of raw veggies. Radishes, snow peas, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli… I just love it raw.
Man it’s like you know what me and my girlfriend are debating, last time it was about frozen vs fresh vegetables and literally a few days ago we talked about cooking methods and then she sends me this video as soon as it came out LOL..
Keep up the good work, love it!
Wow Jeff this is really good! I have always wondered what way is the best way to cook veggies where I would receive the most vitamins! Good info ��
But what if you drink the boiled vegetables water as a kind of soup.
Can you use the vitamins which were infused in the water or are these vitamins broken down by the heat of the water so that they are not ‘nutritional’ anymore?
What about beans can we boil them without loosing nutrients?
It always depends on the food and cooking method! I do personally prefer most of my foods—exceptions are greens and fruits—cooked though!
I am a critique of most experts, youtubers and people in general, as I feel they hold-back info (sometimes ulterior motives, and most times just not being confident in sharing their knowledge). Dr. Berg is a rare gem. I love the fact, that you produce material that is VERY CONCISE to the point, DETAILS that are good to know, step-wise information that even a busy CEO would appreciate. Thanks very much for creating this wealth of information. You are a gem. I do hope, you can produce a video on those people who have DIFFICULTY IN EATING most “FERMENTED” FOODS including Vinegar, Pickled items, etc. We get sore throat, very pale skin as if almost dying. I have only heard (so dont know how reliable it is) that this histamine intolerance, but not sure. It would be very enlightening if you are able to talk on this subject.
Favourite way to eat raw salads. Favourite way to eat cooked bountiful soups.:-)
hi uma your shows are excellent make a show on belly fat I humbely request to u
You left off the most important part. Much of the nutrients are inside the cellulose wall, which humans can’t digest raw. Not sure how you miss that! Vegans are always pointing to muscular cows, but we don’t have their digestive systems.
Awesome content, super interesting����I love this. Can’t wait to learn more from your future videos. Thank you for always delivering valuable information to us.
Or, new idea, don’t eat things that upset your stomach.
Just eat meat.:D
Steaming helps me, thank you so much, I’ve learnt so much from watching your YouTube postings. ����
The difference is in cooked you loose a little of nutrients but in raw form your eating live foods with much vitality and enzymes
I love your videos. I just recently discovered your channel. Thanks so much for all the great info!!!
All your videos are great, really interesting, you explain very well and…your english language is easy to understand! (I speak french:-). Congratulation and greetings from Europe (Belgium)
I was eating cooked Spinach every day. I was scared of oxalates and kidney stones so I am trying to spread it out. Any thoughts on Oxalates?
I always stir fry my string beans and broccoli on high in a little kerry gold butter or manzola oil to the point it gets slightly burnt on one side I add a little salt and red pepper flakes for spice. I love eating all my veggies this way.
I juice raw veggies with celery (salts that kill microbes). Otherwise I cook the hell out of them, because I got some major health problems from raw veggies. Lesson learned.
Great video! As a former health occupations teacher (RN), I can tell that you are an excellent teacher in the classroom. I would enjoy sitting in your classes.
What if you first steam fresh vegetables and then microwave to reheat the vegetables?
Thanks for the video jeff. By the way, i was wondering regards of nutrition and hygiene, which is we cook food in certain heat to kill bacteria so it safe for our digesting system in other sides we need nutrients too. Perhaps next video you can do research about heat levels and cooking time for certain food with certain cooking method, ohh if possible meat please:)
Doesn’t make any difference if the veggies are cooked or raw. Both are bad for you. I eat only cooked beef and raw beef. Same for eggs, both cooked and raw. Raw animal products are best. Meat heals.
Don’t overthink it. Steam em all.
Nix the boiling and if absolutely necessary, nuke em in the microwave. But teamsteam all the way.
Thank you SO MUCH for all you do Dr. Becky! You help so many people. I truly appreciate all you do.
Thank you for the time and effort you put in videos such as these. They have been and continue to be informative and helpful along my ketogenic journey.
Good video be careful with too many raw at first.
It can give a a big stomach ache. thanks Jennifer ����
Comparing 1 cup of cooked spinach to 1 cup of raw spinach is not a good comparison for nutrient differences between cooked and raw. A better comparison would be the nutrients in one cup of raw eaten raw and then one cup of raw spinach eaten cooked. There’s a lot more in a cup of cooked spinach than there is in a cup of raw spinach
But what if you drink the water after boiling your vegetables? Checkmate atheists
But raw vegetables contain more pesticides….frozen veggies are better, i think, plus safer…
Another great video with lots of good info. I need to review several times to absorb
If you think about it, its simple osmosis, the more water goes in the vegetable, somethings gotta come out of the vegetable and thats mostly the nutrition
Thank you..ma’am please make vedio on how to boost nutrition absoption
I love raw vegetables and fruits. I also like steam vegetable.
i have lack of inzimes and when i consume raw vigetables it hurt my stomach
Raw kills my stomach. Cooked vegetables in chicken broth, bone broth or water digests beautifully
What’s the science say about if knee sleeves add weight to your squat.
Very informative and helpful. I am used to raw carrots. Now I will saute it.
…an oz per day of dark chocolate is acceptable. I melt it or ghee, or use ghee to dip veggies. I only do 2 minutes heat on broc, cauli, Brussel sprouts,and purple cabbage. Radishes, carrots, spinach, kale I eat raw. Only do few slices of yellow squash and sweet potato.
Hold tight all my UK brahs, it’s tough trying to be early to a JN video when you’re sleeping:3
How do you increase acidity in your stomach? How do you increase good bacteria for the gut?
So is the conclusion in 2018, we still really don’t know? Steaming seems to be best in some cases, but…I always thought that eating food in it’s raw, natural state was the best, but to hear certain nutrients increase with heat blows my mind! I’ll stay away from boiling, but the rest is just a crap shoot! 😉
Ma’am plz make videos on sunflower seeds, flax seed, and pumpkin seeds and plz tell me the benefits also for conceive
a lot of inaccuracies in this one. no plants should ever be eaten raw unless its a fruit. damage from anti nutrients is higher from uncooked plants. spinach is one of the worst things to eat raw it’s so full of oxalates if you eat over a pound it could kill you. the calcium in spinach is not bioavailable to humans, it binds with oxalates creating indigestible crystals which damage the human body. calcium it not needed from any source other than what’s available in meats or fat. there is absolutely no advantage to eating any plants at all. there are many disadvantages to eating plants and they far outweigh the little pleasure they give. if your starving eat them, it’s a slower rout to death. i recommend you peel the skins off and remove all seeds these contain the highest levels of anti nutrients. for pleasure eat at your own risk. fruit is the only thing i would recommend for pleasure and only a few times a week in very moderate doses.
You should make a basic video regarding aerobic threshold, lactate threshold, lactic acid tolerance, and anaerobic threshold.
Not sure if it’s me being an idiot, me not knowing the language, or the subjects being hard to differentiate.
Dear Dr, could you make video on which vitamins are easily degenerated due to cooking, applying heat, etc??
What about microwaving them for a short amount of time? (2 mins)
Wow thank you! This is so informative, I learnt so many things in this short video time. Just when you think you know “enough” that’s when you learn something new!
what about roasting your veggies in the oven? say with some olive oil for 30-40 minutes?
I eat everything raw, even potatoes. Sometimes even put raw meat and rice in a mixer and drink it.
Is lemon juice and water good to take first thing in morning or not? Have you heard this?
What about microwaving your veggies? I heard that if I microwave my potatoes it preserves the nutrients and you cook in a shorter time and no oil.
Is there any form or website for personal weight loose of urs plz tell me I want to loose my weight. I. am an adult girl
Great information….thanks for helping us all stay healthy. Love ur channel. always look forward to the next video.
Very interesting and useful subject. I don’t recall if you did a video on fermented veggies. Thanks
In the words of Dr. Michael Gregor: The best way to cook vegetables is whatever way you need to cook them to shove as many as possible into your mouth.
Is he talking about lettuce, tomato and cucumber when he says raw vegetables? I mean do they count as raw vegetables?
Myth Bust Monday on protein right before sleep does it improve gains/recovery/affect sleep.
How about cooked asparagus or to use in a can..which is best?prefer canned but have cooked fresh asparagus as well..thanks….
Right now im not a focus of infection for anyone so im not agree of the followings’ cars such the kind yu can see.out of order. Do i have to ask for assylium to have a peace of health?
Hi Uma, I have filled the contact details along with a short message inquiring more details and cost of your one to one coaching program. But so far I have not received and welcome email nor and feed back to my quarry as yet. Appreciate if you could check and revert please. Thanks
I was eating spinach every day. I was sautéing it. I took a small break. I am afraid of kidney stones. Is three times a week ok?
I’ve been eating vegetables raw like off the plants. I don’t like cooked veggies
Thanks Jeff! How about a myth bust on carb cycling for fat loss?:)
Great video! Thanks so much for this Dr. much appreciated! Free medical advice! ����
I eat raw broccoli e very night. And turnips, and celery. With fruit. Your body does get used to it. It was painful at first. I eased into it.
What is your take on weighting you foods? Do you weigh cooked or raw?
If you make a soup, are the vitamins dissolved into the broth or will they become too denatured from cooking time?
Boil the vegetables, then drink the water they’ve been boiled in. That’s what I do.
I can’t eat vegetables. I’m allergic them. How I can remplace vegetable in the food for I don’t lost vitamins?
Blending the raw veggies as smoothies and soup, with addition of ACV, will help the transition
I’m genuinly being serious, if I burn my toast and eat it, will I get less calories/nutrients?
I started reading the labels for Kim chi, so far from 3 different brands they added sugar.
I don’t like cooked broccoli and cabbage.. I like them raw only or I skip them..
To control body Ph drink water with lemon/lime juice in the morning.
Finally someone that makes so raw is sometimes worse because our body doesn’t have the digestif capability to absorb all the nutrition and needs time to adapt, while cooking is still good because it minimalise stress on the stomach. I don’t know why but all your video always seem to make sense, you rarely give out sceptical information which is what we need. There is still some missing pieces to be honest like some vegetable is proven to be able to release more antioxidants or nutrition when cooked, but I don’t blame you, the research done on this topic seems poorly done or rushed.
RAW VEGETABLES EATING SOLUTION IS:
BUY A NUTRIBULLET AND USE IT!!!!!
I drink every morning, first thing after wake up a juice of: parsley, celery, beetroot, spinach, and pineapple with 1 orange juice.
It tastes good
And this way I dont worry if I don’t eat more veggies during the day..
I make some fruit/veggies water too
Cucumber with parsley, lemon and chia.
Etc.
Try it is great!
Try eating a couple of bites of probiotic sauerkraut with your broccoli and don’t cook the broccoli too much.
Hi uma.. I was watching your long transparent throat throughout the video. Cannot take my eyes off. Because my neck is short and everytime I accept myself as thyroid complaint��
I don’t literally like vegetables, I’m a picky eater, but I’m eager to eat for my diet. As an Asian it’s not going easy to eat raw veggies when you buy it in public Mart (street market) I buy there because of cheap price. And you can’t sure the cleanest of that vegetables, so you have to wash and cook them properly.
Amazing video. I really like how much research you do, these videos are a valuable resource!
That’s a question I’ve been having for a while, thank you for “somewhat busting” this myth. However, I thought bringing in the effects of various cooking methods on proteins specifically could have been informative and beneficial too. Thanks!
I can consume broccoli all day long without any side affects.
I think the issue with boiling is that some of the nutrients leach out into the water, but if you then consume the water (ie you’re making a soup or stew) you’re still getting them.
what about raw bok choy? I have heard it could be bad for your thyroid to eat raw bok choy often, I am still looking into different videos/articles on the topic
“I feel like I have a cramp for the next hour… “
I have that experience for the next 5 hours when I eat any plant at all. How do I fix that?
What is the best way to give your body probiotics naturally? What should I eat that promotes it?
Others say: The plants has developed their enzymes because it benefits THE PLANT! For example many plant-enzymes serve to protect the plant against fungus etc.
I don’t digest veggies well at all but find that raw veggies “tears my insides up” so I eat well-steamed veggies in very small amounts to tolerate them. Might eventually give up on veggies and go fruit and meat or just meat.
Cooked protein food +raw vegetables and oils. This is my diet ������❤️
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What about the anti nutrients in vegetables that cooking helps to break down?
I vote raw!! Mainly because it means I don’t have to cook or do dishes but hey, a wins a win!! Thanks for the info doc!����
Can you please do “why won’t your glutes grow”. I really want to know what is right and what is not. Thank you Jeff! Hopefully you do. Keep it up!
Quick question, Jeff. I know diet has a huge factor on body fat. My diet is pretty good and I work out pretty consistently but I have lower back fat and other wise I’m pretty ripped, i do quite abit of cardio and weight training but I don’t usually do squats. Would doing squats help eliminate lower back fat. Thanks
Does boiling vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower reduce nutritional values?
….bioavailabity is sop important. I read somewhere that broccoli should be steamed or cooked for longer than 2 minutes. Otherwise, pausterization occurs.
Can you do one on rack pulls vs dead lifts? Dr mike israetel said it is useless but people are incorporating the exercise into their workouts
I’m sorry but cooking with a microwave is not a healthy option. I would avoid that option as much as possible. The US military tried microwaving food for their soldiers as a quick and easy meal ready to go, however the soldiers showed signs of sickness soon after. That’s why they use MREs now. If you microwave water and then give that water to a plant and continue to do so that plant will be dead after 7 days.
Dr. Becky, I can’t stand Raw Onions but if I cook them, they taste like Candy! So soft and sweet!
It’s worth pointing out that some veggies NEED to be cooked, specifically those high in oxalates or solanine.
You didn’t go into the question of which vegetables should be cooked and which can be eaten raw. Broccoli should be steamed for 2-4 minutes and then not eaten for 5 minutes. This allows for an important enzyme to be produced which is key to the anti-cancer property of the broccoli. If you don’t cook, or overcook, you won’t get the beneficial effect. The same might be true of cabbage too, since it’s in the same family.
Also, steaming will reduce the oxylate content of some vegetables like spinach. If you have kidney stones or are prone to getting them, this is important. I think that it’s good to boil carrots, even for a long time, because it breaks down the cell walls and releases the beta carotene and other carotenoids.
Vegetables, like green leafy vegetables should be steamed as little as possible to prevent loss of vitamins.
The best is a combination of both.
Cooked veggies are easier to consume in large amounts.
Hello Dr Berg
I see you advocate raw but what about tomatoes and as I’ve heard when we cook them the lycopene goes up
Can you give some clarification
Raw Vegetables aren’t good in the long term as it creates a damp and moist environment in the gut, ideal for Candida Overgrowth.
Hi and thank you for all your knowledge and information freely shared. I was hoping you could address the fermented versus raw green vegetables and how they are handled by the guy in a little more depth. Thanks.
I steam my broccoli but the fermented i eat raw. I started fermenting a few months ago. what a difference in only a matter of 90 days! Also make water kefir i really like your videos Dr Berg I’ve been a vegetarian almost 40 years, and i know its the way to go because we aren’t carnivours
I grew up eating cooked and always see people eat, prepare raw salad and I just don’t trust it. And I just don’t like how vegetables taste when raw. I hate salad and I don’t like the salad culture. Everyone eats salad bowls. Every new restaurant is a salad or bowl oriented place. Why not more exotic restaurants? Sit down restaurants Cooked food. Italian. Chinese. Korean. French even.
I eat all kinds of vegetables cooked. Steamed brocolli, cauliflower, as well as cabbage, spinach, carrots, Brussels sprouts, sprouts, eggplant, onions. Mushrooms.
Chinese style corn, bamboo shoots. Mustard greens.
I’ve always had questions about what veggies/foods to cook and keep raw. Thanks for beginning the conversation. I’ve learned some new things. If you expand on cook time vs raw foe other common veggies that would be great! Do I sense a series??:) Thank you for sharing.
I agree I started eating raw vegetables and am on farting fire.
On your one video where you were talking about vitamens, I bought Centrum for women and I feel better.
oh whew! I am doing something right! I spiralize one zucchini a day for spagetti with cream sauce and have a heaping spoonful of sourkraut just before bed….it keeps me digestively happy!
Is it a side effect if the veggie just plain taste nasty? lol
dope video jeff, but do a video on microwaves alone!!! we need dat dere science man.
Because broccoli has Sulfur, as does coliflower, and spinach, i bet those other ones cause you the same pain. You should look into the gas chromatography that was don’t for symptomerty. Also why would you want plant enzymes, you don’t eating certain raw vegetables will leave you enzyme deficient, as heavy metals require more enzymes to break down, while when you heat say broccoli, cauliflower, of spinach, they now become much easier to digest, and less of a tax on your limited daily enzyme count, which leaves you a surplus, which is what you need, as if you are enzyme deficient you are open to disease and cancer tumors etc, as those heavy metals do not get broken down. All based in science. Enzymes are the key most people do not understand.
good thing that before starting my diet i used to eat salads regularly as i like them very much but now no bread and no feta cheese:(. i tried raw brocoly for the first time today and it fills my stomach and stops hunger even more than carots 😉 so the benefits of raw brocoly is 1. it is cheap (in Greece at least) 2. it is convenient 3. it stops hunger 4. it is healthier than boiled brocolly 😉
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I’ve been eating your cooked veggie recipe for about a year.
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For me, spinach and lettuce is good. Everything else causes problems. Steak and salad is my life…life is pretty good.
As long as your eating healthy whole foods and cooking them yourself it’s gonna be better for you no matter the cooking method
Eat some raw but cook most…that way you are getting the minerals as the fibres are already broken down. Plus you can consume more cooked veg per meal than raw. Many other reasons too…like cooked is yang…
I have been to China several times, Bejing, Wohan, Shanghi, Gwanzau, everyone cooks all vegetables,
including lettuce. Nothing is eaten raw. Think of Hot Pot.
I was never a good cook, never liked cooking. Always worked long hours and played a lot of sports. Ate a lot of sugar and carbs whatever I wanted I was super active I could eat what I wanted and not get fat. I got sick, starting pooing blood, got diagnosed with Crohns and rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis. Doctors never once told me diet could be a factor, they even said it didnt matter.
Took me a long time to work out my diet could heal me and reduce symptoms over time. For a long time I lived off rice and potatoes and eggs they seemed good on my gut. Now I’ve cut out the carbs and every second morning I make a big pan of food. Garlic, onion, peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, beef from the farm I live on, coconut milk and bone broth, tumeric, cumin, cayenne pepper, mixed herbs. I lightly cook the veges they are still crunchy.
It’s delicious and basically all I eat along with my kale and banana smoothie and hard boiled eggs. I feel so much better, it’s been 2 months.