Best Cooking Method

[@Fernahk]

Dr. Greger, would u kindly update this video by including steaming in your study. According to recent laboratory results, steaming method retains the highest level of nutrients in most vegetables.

[@doidobulimico]

When I boil my veggies is always for soup. I always use that water due to the nutrient loss. I also love to steam my food. Thank you for sharing this useful information, Dr. Greger! It's good to know.

[@JWe472]

how convenient! I usually make my vegetable soup with onions and carrots as staples 😍

[@johnparadise3134]

Regarding boiling: What if you drink the cooking water? What if the cooking water is part of the end product as in soup?

[@VandersonT_]

John Paradise seems good :)

[@gcerpa]

I think nutrients get damaged by heat, so drinking the water is useless.

[@angu329]

Came here to ask the same question about vegetarian soups

[@solrac4]

I am a chemist, so let me tell you. Yes, if you boil the vegetables and then drink the water you Will still get the nutrients. Boil anything you want, just keep the water for soups or just drink it.

[@goku445]

Yea this study is lacking this important information. Must be on the same level as other methods.

[@SuccessforLifester]

How about steaming?

[@winkminer]

I honestly listen to Dr. Greger daily. What began with 'species equality' has morphed nto veganism. (I didn't eat an apricot until I was 35). Now, 30 years later, I have become familiar with the 'secrets' of plant based nutrition. I can only hope that these 'secrets' will go mainstream. Not because of the animals....well, maybe for the human animal.Thank you, NutritionFacts.org!

[@joshuatunis6732]

Good to know that boiling, apparently the 'worst' method, only reduced the antioxidant content by a small amount. Much smaller than I thought. I happen to save and eat the veggie broth alongside my vegetables when I cook them, so with the water sapping up those lost antioxidants, I feel less bad about boiling. :)

[@johnparadise3134]

I never discard the cooking water. I even drink the potato water, as if it were a tea, or I save it and use it as a vegetable broth for soups. I've even saved the water from cooking pasta on occasion, usually if it's from whole-wheat pasta. If I were to discard the water, I would feel like I was being cheated out of the vitamins and minerals that were lost in it.

[@NutritionFactsOrg]

It'd be wonderful if you could post it to this specific video on nutritionfacts. org. This way more people benefit from the response, and I can actually provide you with links (which I can't do on KZbin). Thanks!

[@akuma2892]

Boiling and pressure cooking are fine... just consume the water.

[@delucavr]

Cant tell if this is trolling but studies show consuming the water doesnt get you all the nutrients still

[@AprilTDixon]

Wow! This was a fantastic video for me personally; again, thank you Dr. Greger for passing along all of your Great information!

[@RobinDivine777]

Dr Greger, I'm confused with all the conflicting studies saying microwave cooking is "bad" and destroys nutrients, are there any more peer reviewed science studies to look at into how microwave cooking affects foods on a molecular level? Thanks.

[@dinael-shaarawy6935]

Thank you so much for the precious information.

[@RotaryEngineRebuilds]

You need to compare a pressure cooking (and consuming the liquids in it) vs. the others. Yes, of course, if you just remove the vegetables out of the liquid, then nutrients will be lost. But the whole point of the pressure cooker is to prevent anything coming out of it, losing nutrients to vapor as well, and keep it together. With all of that, if you consume everything in it, including the liquids, your going to retain more nutrients that if you pull the vegetables out of water. Yah, if I microwave vegetables in water, and then take the vegetables out of the water and eat it, I'm going to loose nutrients too...

[@LittleSnowDancer02]

good video, thanks doc! Would have liked to see steaming in there too though

[@MimouFirst]

Microwaving! I guessed it right and yet I never thought of doing that myself. I only use the thing when heating stuff from earlier xD

[@Kerkopes]

I steam my vegetables, and then use the water to soak & cook my navy beans. No nutrients lost, just deferred to the beans. And no waste of flavorful water.

[@matteosollecito2448]

I boil veg and keep the water. This water is the vegetable broth eye use for many things, such as miso soup. Matzoh ball soup, gnocchi in brodo, kasha, etc. sometimes I will drink the cooled veg water. Never throw it away.

[@energyquicksand]

Good to know, Thanks.

[@MohamedNadjmo]

thank ya sir

[@DatGurlNyaa]

Very Informative Video!

[@watchingvids101]

Excellent info. Thank you!

[@lisengel2498]

Whau very helpfull and interesting info - and fun the the fastest and easiest way to cook also is the best for the antioxident nutrience -

[@KTtopshop]

Thank you very much for all your brilliant videos! Can you explain a bit more about cooking in a microwave. I always thought , that microwaves destroy all the nutrients???

[@MrMasterDebate]

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYES I CAN TO BE LAZY WITH MICROWAVE COOKING AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT XD

[@ideoformsun5806]

I wonder if you could include dehydrating in this comparison, and also compare levels of some dietarily significant enzymes as well as the antioxidant levels. I heard pressure cooking reduces anti nutrients in beans. But rinsing and soaking overnight probably is enough.

[@eklim2034]

thanks a lot, I was going to eat onion raw, now I know I can cook them

[@faustoorozcocoy1256]

Why is the amount of antioxidants preserved the parameter to measure the best method? Aren't there other nutrients that are also affected by the cooking method?

[@HomerSimpson411]

Is there a full list of veggies together with the suggested best methods of food preparation with respect to retaining (or increasing) their nutritional profile?

[@rowenaanderson3739]

Thank you for the video. Very informative and concise. I try to eat capsicum raw because I know vitamin C doesn't like heat. Now I will ALWAYS eat it raw.

[@BobCampbell530]

Thank you this is good to know, but what about enzymes? Garlic for example is highly degraded by heat.

[@kingmike40]

I've been told that the same type of vegetables grown in the same field at the same time can have different nutrition levels.

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

i'll make my carrot, celery, black bean, red cabbage, kale, red onion, tumeric, black pepper, cumin and whatever else i can find soup tomorrow.

[@sparkle0859]

*NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!* I love baked bell peppers :'( **cries**

[@talkingbirb2808]

It's okay, it's okay. Bell pepper is not the main resource of antioxidants and this study is only about antioxidants

[@lernenderzukunft]

AirFryer??? Thanks☺

[@turbonbc]

Pressure cooking. Cooks fastest, shortest time. Preserves most nutritons. Reason why japanese/korean are so healthy because they eat a lot of soy, sea vegetables and pressure cook almost everything.

[@victoriapence7402]

WhY about loss of enzymes (as the "raw vegans" site)?

[@VandersonT_]

victoria pence yes! what about the digestive leucocitoses and the vitamine loss? wow... very strange.. but still less radical for the ones not used to health food

[@luke_fabis]

Boiling reduces it in the florets themselves, but wouldn't the losses be substantially less if you drank the cooking liquid too, as you would with soup?

[@שגהש]

Remember that antioxidants aren’t everything. There are other phytonutrients and many other things like fibre vitamins minerals etc. Most likely raw is always healthiest. But I also like what he said in the video that the best cooking method is the one that gets us eating the most vegetables :-)

[@deo-nis]

how about racemization of amino acids by microwave irradiation?

[@jodrew1845]

Good to know, although I read or heard that microwave cooking rendered the enzymes in the cooking process inert.

[@WOmanofthefield1]

Did anyone get an answer in regards to steaming? Would love to know! Thanks!

[@kcsilverwing4263]

What about slow cooker cooking? You consume the water so I would think good?

[@bretdouglas9407]

i like steam

[@quantumchang4410]

Dr. Greger, if you "steam" your vegetables in a pressure cooker (ie, veggies not soaked in boiling water), wouldn't that retain most of the nutrients like microwaving does? I would imagine that steaming veggies in a pressure cooker would be healthier than microwaving since microwaves are notorious at producing microscopic burnt spots on foods, whereas steaming in a pressure cooker creates no such phenomenon.

[@heronsandferns]

Hey, Doc! It may be a rather frequently asked Q, but what is your overall opinion on the low fat high carb raw vegan lifestyle?

[@Acdhcup267]

El Tepe he thinks its horrible.

[@bahpol9276]

Hey what about half boiled vegetables?

[@itswednesdayscrewironing7576]

This was a fun video.😁

[@torgeirmolaug196]

I always boil the broccoli in very little water, which I drink afterwards. Does that make up for the loss of nutrients and antioxidants?

[@mr.t7221]

Come on doc, raw Brussels Sprouts can be delicious ,,, you just gotta shave them super thin, and then use some kind of acid (vinegar, lemon juice, etc.) in the dressing,,, try me out

[@thehappygreengirl]

yes if it's fresh. Go for organic so it's non GMO

[@jamescunningham6017]

What about sous vide?

[@jorjiang1]

how about steaming

[@DiscimusUtServiamus]

The study doesn't include sous vide-- and since it is a 'dry' and air-tight method with the most accurate and reliable cooking times; wouldn't it be a better method than microwaving?

[@paulgillard2215]

I heard when you microwave you Change the molecular structure of the food thereby damaging the mineral and vitamin content? True or untrue?

[@songofyesterday]

how long did they microwave though...

[@blissfulbaboon]

Microwaving might be OK for preserving antioxidants but it kills most of the enzymes,so this is misleading,making microwaving out to look good.

[@garethbaus5471]

Cooking in general damages enzymes at fairly high rates.

[@2014andon]

I guessed right! I thought it would be either carrot or peppers.

[@ourmodernworldofficial]

How does frying add empty calories if you use water? Interested in knowing that... Or isn't that considerd frying?

[@Jane-no3id]

What about sweet potato?

[@miamivo4446]

Hi everyone, how about electric pressure cooker ??

[@tconcotelli]

p.s. Steaming is the best.

[@unclegeorge7845]

What about the "buga-buga" associated with microwave cooking?

[@erdistheword23]

Can you eat raw corn?

[@sunnysdayful]

100 % microwave sponsored study for sure.

[@hakeemshabazz3207]

sunnysdayful 🤔🤔🤔......... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏🎖✌

[@bobschmob8233]

Where's steaming? Why would they not study this. Also what is in the cooking water??? If making a soup or stew do the antioxidants transfer to the water??

[@AngrySoup]

The real question is. Antioxidants vs vitamins.

[@loot6]

Everybody's said steaming already about 2 billion times but I still feel the need to mention it again. How could that be overlooked? Really expected better, considering what channel this is.

[@nickvandernet]

And of course steaming is better than any of these.

[@inigo137]

What about steaming :(

[@MrsBee-uo2lc]

But I thought microwaves were bed for food because they destroy the cells or something?🤔

[@tconcotelli]

I've eaten corn raw...passed through my digestive system intact.

[@vesorex]

so how are you supposed to eat red rice without losing its nutrients? isn't boiling the only option?

[@unicornguy9676]

I eat raw brussel sprouts

[@charveljammer]

Barrak Sadeq I tried to eat one raw, I couldn't finish it.

[@Acdhcup267]

Barrak Sadeq madman

[@rabity]

what about steaming Doc? and really? microwaving is better than boiling? i thought microwave like gives you cancer or something

[@leo01987]

I have read that steaming is the best, no vitamins lost with water, then pressure cooking is second. Also, microwave is not only bad for the food; but it's also dangerous for you because of the radiation that may come out of it while you're waiting next to it :)

[@rabity]

leo01987 Actually Dr greger pointed out its not the same radiation you get from a reactor,, There is more than one radiation,, The sun rays is a radiotion,, Too much give you cancer, Should we avoid going under the sun too?

[@rabity]

***** I started using microwave after that comment i left actually,, Why not,, I eat a ton of antioxidants,, ;]

[@danm4502]

***** Good job I live in a warm country ey? If I had to use a radiator to keep warm I would be exposed to toxic rays...sarcastic face. Lol, to radiate means to emit, for example heat... Just because something radiates something, doesn't necessarily mean what it is emitting is bad. Microwaves can be bad for us. they can burn, but 1 make sure your microwave door is closed, and 2 don't stand in front of it just in case, and you will be fine.

[@rabity]

dan m Awesome! I still continue to use microwave unless someone will have a new study about it and i rarely stand next to it,, Thanks dan m!

[@JasonGastrich]

Ok, but there is more than antioxidants to consider when you deem food healthy or not

[@nosesanmiguel8016]

Curious conclusions.

[@haai45]

danmit i really do like raw carrots :(.

[@kill3rcat]

Microwave... this can´t be right...

[@itswednesdayscrewironing7576]

The science oven!?! 🤔

[@Leksa135]

2:26 cooking at all cooking at all cooking at all

[@58gennaro]

who throws out the broth when making soup? i see no loss.

[@CC-kl4nh]

oh my god i have been doing it all wrong!

[@KaceyDea]

How come you did not include steaming? If all you're checking is antioxidant power, then you may have some facts; but you're missing all of the side effects that using a microwave causes to foods. As a Doctor, you should be ashamed of yourself for advocating this kind of food preparation to people!!!!

[@dsmith6404]

When I was a kid everything came out of a can and boiled

[@jimbutler1189]

How is it possible that cooking increases nutrition?!?? That sounds ridiculous

[@Acdhcup267]

Jim Butler because carrots contain beta-carotein and it some how gets better convertion to retinol "vitamin A" when you cook it. Its only with vitamin A i quess.

[@shepompi]

who is this GUY who never answer anyone questions....hummmmm ???? a doc of ??? what ?

[@alamedvav]

Microwave ovens produce radiolytic compounds, which was shown to be dangerous. A woman in OK is suing after a bd blood transfusion in which the blood was altered. These devices are known to leak are in generally just not a good method to cooking food. However our good Dr. here is only looking at the nutrition aspect and perhaps missing the bigger picture.

[@Aeghamedic]

"Radiolysis is the dissociation of molecules by nuclear radiation." Microwave ovens don't use nuclear radiation. It's invisible light. Weaker than infrared, stronger than radio waves. WiFi and Bluetooth use microwaves.

[@Aeghamedic]

Swannn It's not semantics to point out the difference between nuclear radiation and electromagnetic radiation.

[@Aeghamedic]

Swannn Electromagnetic radiation has other sources outside nuclear decay. Nuclear radiation, by definition, must come from the nucleus of an atom. Alpha and beta particles are very different than microwaves.

[@Aeghamedic]

Swannn Right. So pointing out that microwave radiation isn't nuclear radiation isn't a matter of semantics. They're physically different.

[@Aeghamedic]

Swannn You do know that nuclear radiation, the thing that causes radiolysis that the initial comment I was replying to said microwaves caused, isn't always light? Nuclear radiation comes from unstable atoms. Alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. Most light is not *nuclear* radiation. Microwaves certainly aren't. Electromagnetic radiation can come from something as harmless as electrons changing energy states. These are physical differences, not silly distinctions based on terminology. So while light, which I've said from the beginning was electromagnetic *radiation*, is a form of radiation, microwaves are not *nuclear* radiation.

[@vote4jellodk]

If only microwaves diddnt make food taste like complete garbage.

[@jakeandsarahhealthnuts3299]

come on greger. microwave is horrible. this is the only video of your I have ever seen where I actually disagree with you on. and I watch tons of your videos

[@flagkdsa180]

he's only talking about the effects it has on the nutritional value of the food itself, not the obv effects of radiation on the body, thats not what the study was about, thats another conversation

[@goku445]

There is no scientific data on the potential harmful effects of microwave. If you think there are, publish a study!

[@ianmertens4221]

nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Effects-of-Radiation-Leaking-from-Microwave-Ovens Just Added!!

[@TOMMYSURIA]

Ian Mertens if you are an idiot and stay not in from of it, of course.😵

[@jimbutler1189]

Please. You are basing your comment on what?

[@shepompi]

ahhh... i think this video needs an update !!! before we nuk more ppl..

[@Bravemouth2]

But you simmer in very little water and eat everything...

[@peterchavez7147]

I do not watch liers!!! I know what is truth to bad so many people are believeing of a lie? It's about money that's the bottom line here!

[@thomuk2006]

crock pot?

[@qui_etes_vous]

DIDN'T MENTION STEAMING.... I JUST DON'T BUY THAT MICROWAVING LOL IS THE BEST. IT JUST LOGICALLY SEEMS LIKE A LIE . . I MEAN WHO IS THIS GUY ?

[@Luther84695]

Come on. if you want to live healthy, throw your microwave away.

[@jakeandsarahhealthnuts3299]

Just Sayan because there is radation. just Google studies done on dangers of microwave. Dr mercola quotes some studies in his articles

[@tharun960]

Why would heating up the water molecules in food which is what a microwave does be bad?

[@mariahspapaya]

Joseph Studley all of this fear mongering over radiation from a microwave has no validity

[@goku445]

this is a science and evidence based channel. So you won't find any information in correlation of harmful effects of mircowaving because it is nonsense.

[@JorjaFox66]

Boo. No nuke for me.

[@lamalperry7919]

are you seriously telling people to cook there meals in a microwave? unsubscribing to your Chanel I know!! hahah enjoy radiation poisoning

[@heyitsablackguy9553]

Microwave? Lower than boiling. Wow. Heard that microwaves are dangerous.

[@mikep5329]

I think it was specifically talking about antioxidant loss. They didn't test for any other deleterious effects by using a microwave.

[@heyitsablackguy9553]

Mike P Do they give you cancer?

[@mikep5329]

Not sure about all that, but here's something linked elsewhere in the comment section that you might find interesting: www.mercola.com/article/microwave/hazards2.htm

[@heyitsablackguy9553]

Mike P Damn.

[@onepunchvegan866]

Please not Mercola. ;)

[@sandracarli1110]

What about steaming?

[@lexnuss791]

My favorite.