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Micro or steamed

slikcat Posts: 14 Joined: 2001/04/30	2001/05/04, 01:43 PM I used to steam my veggies rather that microwave them, however, after speaking with a few people, I've learned that steaming a veg. actually loses most of the nutrients. So I've become accustomed to microwaving them. Is it better or worse, if I want to retain as much of the nutrients as I can?

keith Posts: 190 Joined: 2001/03/26	2001/05/05, 01:30 AM I micro mine. For me it's much faster and I don't always have time to steam.
jpcorrao Posts: 117 Joined: 2001/02/12	2001/06/04, 04:14 PM micro , who's got time to steam, ican barely fit my workouts in
EDowgos Posts: 34 Joined: 2001/04/23	2001/05/05, 07:15 AM I have never heard that. Steaming actually protects water soluble nutrients and many nutrition programs I have read about recommend steaming vegetables. Of course, if time is an issue and microwaving them is a quick way to cook vegetables.
skylar Posts: 156 Joined: 2001/01/29	2001/05/05, 07:59 PM To retain the most nutrients from veggies,eat them raw or as slightly processed,cooked as possible.
slikcat Posts: 14 Joined: 2001/04/30	2001/05/07, 09:51 AM Yeah, see I'm not sure. Peeled carrots or celerey stalks are about all I can handle raw. I try to stay away from processed as much as I can, too much sodium. But if I can't get fresh vegetables, frozen would be fine. I like to treat myself every once in awhile with fresh asparagus, but I steam them, and I wasn't sure if it's good or not.
BillK Posts: 361 Joined: 2000/12/26	2001/05/18, 05:22 PM Having a great body doesn't mean that you eat for taste. Get use to bitter and dull tasting foods. The quicker you can do that the better your eating habits will improve and the better your body will look.
ChrisYi Posts: 126 Joined: 2001/05/05	2001/05/23, 03:18 AM A little bit of soy sauce (the low sodium kind) can make veggies taste a bit better. And people wonder why Chinese food is popular. It's all in the sauce.
oganos Posts: 4 Joined: 2001/05/04	2001/05/07, 12:59 PM I just read yesterday that both methods remove vitamins but different ones. Microwaves conserve more vitamin c that boling or steaming and they use more B-12, so apparently its a matter of which you want to lose.