so you mean spaghetti in tomato sauce has more nutrients than cooked vegetable?
myversa 發表於 2009-11-13 12:22
Lycopene, the most valuable nutrient in tomatoes, benefit from cooking, especially in olive oil,
while you get vitamin C and minerals from raw tomatoes.
Lycopene is clinically proven to lower the risk of prostate cancer.
It is always good idea to eat variety of vegetables + fruits.
I think the one reason is that, some vitamin is water soluble, some vitamin is fat soluble. Say if we want to better absorb the "fat soluble" vitamin, we should consume those food with some kind of oil/fat.
I make vegetable soup but not vegetable juice.
myversa 發表於 2009-11-13 10:30
Raw and cooked vegetable have different tonic value,
you get certain nutrients from raw veggies and different nutrients from the potion,
Cooking would fortify certain nutrients and also destroy some,
that's the reason you should eat tomato salad as well as spaghetti in tomato sauce.