Some rubbish on the home page

Hear Hear!! Better things to do!!

I especially like this bit!

'There are huge benefits to eating raw veg, with all those extra vitamins and minerals (not to mention fibre). So let your spiraliser do the hard work for you and make your meals fun, tasty and healthy!'

What 'hard work' is that then? Chewing?

I've always understood that it's better to eat carrots cooked. Cooking makes some nutrients available that aren't so easily available if eaten raw. Will try to find the info...

Remember how we were all told that juicing was good? Apparently it is thought better not to juice, partly because juicing encourages people to have too much sugar. I think it was jessm who wisely asked "who eats six oranges if they have to peel and de-pip and chew them all"? But people will happily juice six oranges and drink the juice. More sugar. Less fibre. Quite apart from the fact that no-one needs to eat six oranges at once. Doesn't look like a good idea at all when you look closely.

That was me paraphrasing what I recall jessm saying, not her actual words.

Link to article in Scientific American about cooked veg being better for you

There are limits though Bags. It took me several years to persuade my DMiL that cabbage tasted nicer if you didn't boil it for half an hour

Thank you for the link.

It all seems to bear out the value of variety and moderation. Some raw, some cooked.

I was interested in the programme that showed that the most vitamins come from frozen veg, as they are frozen immediately after picking, so retaining all their goodness.

I think I have read that cooked tomatoes have more benefits than raw ones. Cooking releases something which sadly I can't recall.

Definately *Jingle" Same as these ready prepared vegetables the supermarkets sell. They are going to deteriorate with regard to nutritional value as well as how quickly they will go mouldy etc once they are cut open.
Tons of veg are wasted by supermarkets every day and the "prepared" fruit and veg much add to this.

Annsixty I think its Lutein, and/or lycopene.

annsixty Lycopene. Incidentally, canned tomatoes provide more lycopene than raw or freshly cooked ones.

I have started to microwave most veg, I put them in a sandwich bag, seal it, poke 1 hole in, then microwave a couple of minutes, its like a mini pressure cooker, they taste much nicer and I am sure they retain more goodness

You are right newist. Microwaving is the best way. IMHO.