Best Way to Cook Vegetables

Boiling, steaming, microwaving, air frying, and sous vide cooking are put to the test for nutrient retention.

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Here is the “How Not to Die” series I mentioned:
• How Not to Die from Heart Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...)
• How Not to Die from Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...)
• How Not to Die from Diabetes (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...)
• How Not to Die from Kidney Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...)
• How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-...)

Here’s that popular sweet potato video: The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-.... I also have another video comparing cooking methods for different vegetables here: Best Cooking Method (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best.... Sometimes, though, we want to leach stuff out of food. See How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/....

The lutein videos I showed are Prevent Glaucoma and See 27 Miles Farther (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prev...) and Do Lutein Supplements Help with Brain Function? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-l...)

But wait, Are Microwaves Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Are-M.... Check out that video and the follow-up The Effects of Radiation Leaking from Microwave Ovens (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-E....

Interested in my cookbook? More about it at How Not to Die Cookbook (http://nutritionfacts.org/cookbook).

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