We all know just how important it is to get plenty of fruit and vegetables into our diet, but what some people don’t know is how to properly prepare them. A lot of people typically boil their vegetables lifeless, this does nothing for the taste buds, and most importantly has taken a very nutritious piece of food and turned it into something with hardly anything left but a little bit of fiber.

Cooking them the wrong way can destroy their water-soluble vitamins such as Vitamin B and C. Minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, and potassium can also decline as much as 70%. (more…)

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