Wisdom Wednesday

Tip:

I eat my veggies mostly raw, but usually have cooked veggies in the evening as a side dish to wild-caught fish or in soups. You might be surprised to know that some foods are more nutritious cooked:

• Spinach—You absorb more calcium, iron and magnesium.
• Tomato—You absorb more lycopene.
• Asparagus—Nutrient content is higher in slightly steamed asparagus.
• Mushrooms—Provide more potassium when cooked.
• Carrot—Cooking carrots whole provides more vitamins than raw.

However, vitamin C is destroyed by too much heat. Plus enzymes are destroyed by cooking. You can replenish enzymes by eating cultured/fermented vegetables like raw sauerkraut. The side benefit of the cultured foods is loads of probiotics.