Does microwaving food kill its nutritional value?
The rumour: Microwaving food removes its nutritional value.
The verdict: If you do it right, microwaving food is one of the best ways to retain your food’s nutritional value.
“Microwaving is actually one of the better food-heating methods, alongside steaming and stir frying, compared with boiling, as nutrient loss is less,” Helena Gibson-Moore, a nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, told Women’s Health.
Catherine Adams Hutt, a dietician and food scientist, adds: “Whenever you cook food, you'll have some loss of nutrients.”
She says, “The best cooking method for retaining nutrients is one that cooks quickly, exposes food to heat for the smallest amount of time and uses only a minimal amount of liquid.”
And as microwaving food does exactly that, you can go forth and create bulk meals to eat later.
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