Recent years has seen the emergence of a popular ‘raw food’ movement. Dehydrating food to make it palatable, raw-foodies argue that cooking food destroys valuable vitamins and enzymes, rendering it nutritionally impoverished. It sounds logical, but – especially with vegetables – is often false. Many vegetables actually gain nutritional value after careful cooking or steaming. Furthermore, a strict vegan raw food diet is not good for long term health. (…)

Red meat is notable in that it contains a good source of B-vitamins that are essential for healthy muscles, skin and nerves. It also contains iron and other important minerals. Like most things however, steak should be in moderation as a high intake is associated with colon cancer and other health nasties. (…)

• The longer steak is cooked, the fewer vitamins it contains

• Cooking meat in water reduces its vitamin content further (the vitamins leech out into the water)

• The levels of iron and zinc increase with cooking

• Fat levels drop with cooking

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food, drinks, restaurants, guide, health | April 30th, 2012