Nuke Your Veggies for Better Benefits

Our busy lifestyles have turned stovetop cooking into a distant memory. The microwave has replaced the solution for quick meals that satisfy the whole family. You'll be glad to hear that 'nuking' your food in the microwave may help retain more nutrients than other methods of cooking.

Harvard Medical School released an article that may influence the way you cook your vegetables. Cooking your veggies in the microwave may help retain the nutrients your body needs!

"Some nutrients break down when they’re exposed to heat, whether that heat comes from a microwave or a regular oven. Vitamin C is perhaps the clearest example. So, cooking with a microwave probably does a better job of preserving the nutrient content of foods because the cooking times are shorter. Cooking vegetables in water causes some of the nutrients to leach out into that same water. For example, boiled broccoli loses glucosinolate, the compound that may be responsible for its cancer-fighting properties."

Next time, nuke your veggies for a quick and very nutritious solution.

www.health.harvard.edu