Raw Vegetables vrs. Cooked?

[Southernfish]

raw means reduced absorption guys... you need to flash steam your veggies.. just enough to make them a little soft..

So less of what we want gets absorbed?

 

[3J]

yes.. the walls of fiberous veggies like broccoli do not get digested well. when you break it down with steam it makes digestion easier... you actually get more nutrients from veggies when flash steamed.. im not talking about making them muck.. a very quick steaming will be enough.. just to soften it

 

[Southernfish]

For sure, maybe that explains the bloating and gas one gets afterwards if too much is consumed.

 

[3J]

For sure, maybe that explains the bloating and gas one gets afterwards if too much is consumed.

its the bacteria in your stomach working overtime to break it down.. and failing lol..


the methane in your gut is caused by byproduct of a benefit bacteria in your gut digesting your food for you.. simple case of symbiotic relationship

 

[Southernfish]

Is this the case for most veggies, or things like brocolli as stated and asparagus, greens beans and things of that nature?

 

[Milton]

yes.. the walls of fiberous veggies like broccoli do not get digested well. when you break it down with steam it makes digestion easier... you actually get more nutrients from veggies when flash steamed.. im not talking about making them muck.. a very quick steaming will be enough.. just to soften it

what about the heat, killing the protein or other values, like heat kills vitamin C, does the same happen with flash steaming?

 

[3J]

Is this the case for most veggies, or things like brocolli as stated and asparagus, greens beans and things of that nature?

anything with a hard outer membrane

 

[3J]

what about the heat, killing the protein or other values, like heat kills vitamin C, does the same happen with flash steaming?

it would be virtually untraceable.. the difference that is.. your not killing the whole thing with heat... just enough to make it digestable

 

[3J]

in otherwords.. the benefits outweigh compaired to eating it raw

 

[Rastas]

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