How much of the nutrients does cooking kill in vegetables and food in general?!
i soak them for a hour before. then cook them at high heat for 5 min and low heat for 10 min. 15 total. they say you should cook them for 30 minutes but that seems crazy. so i only do it for 15.
and when i eat them they (lentils) still have a little firmness left. is that a good sign that some of the nutrients are still within them?
im asking because i read on wikipedia that cookin red lentils makes them loose 75% of magnesium.
thx 2 everyone who answered :::)))))))
Answers:
I don't know abut this specific item, but most veggies have enough nutrients to lose a bit in cooking and still be worth eating. In fact, cooking of many vegetables breaks down the cellulose and allows our body to actually use the nutrients better. So I wouldn't be worried about the actual percentage of a specific nutrient a specific vegetable loses in cooking. You need to eat a wide variety of foods. If you don't think you're getting enough magnesium from cooked lentils, eat something else.
This link might help: http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food/mag…
