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.
@doidobulimico8 жыл бұрын
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.
@JWe4728 жыл бұрын
how convenient! I usually make my vegetable soup with onions and carrots as staples 😍
@johnparadise31348 жыл бұрын
Regarding boiling: What if you drink the cooking water? What if the cooking water is part of the end product as in soup?
@VandersonT_8 жыл бұрын
John Paradise seems good :)
@gcerpa7 жыл бұрын
I think nutrients get damaged by heat, so drinking the water is useless.
@angu3297 жыл бұрын
Came here to ask the same question about vegetarian soups
@solrac47 жыл бұрын
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.
@goku4456 жыл бұрын
Yea this study is lacking this important information. Must be on the same level as other methods.
@SuccessforLifester8 жыл бұрын
How about steaming?
@winkminer7 жыл бұрын
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!
@joshuatunis67328 жыл бұрын
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. :)
@johnparadise31348 жыл бұрын
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.
@NutritionFactsOrg12 жыл бұрын
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!
@akuma28926 жыл бұрын
Boiling and pressure cooking are fine... just consume the water.
@delucavr5 жыл бұрын
Cant tell if this is trolling but studies show consuming the water doesnt get you all the nutrients still
@AprilTDixon6 жыл бұрын
Wow! This was a fantastic video for me personally; again, thank you Dr. Greger for passing along all of your Great information!
@RobinDivine77712 жыл бұрын
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-shaarawy69357 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the precious information.
@RotaryEngineRebuilds8 жыл бұрын
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...
@LittleSnowDancer027 жыл бұрын
good video, thanks doc! Would have liked to see steaming in there too though
@MimouFirst7 жыл бұрын
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
@Kerkopes9 жыл бұрын
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.
@matteosollecito24485 жыл бұрын
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.
@energyquicksand9 жыл бұрын
Good to know, Thanks.
@MohamedNadjmo7 жыл бұрын
thank ya sir
@DatGurlNyaa10 жыл бұрын
Very Informative Video!
@watchingvids1017 жыл бұрын
Excellent info. Thank you!
@lisengel24983 жыл бұрын
Whau very helpfull and interesting info - and fun the the fastest and easiest way to cook also is the best for the antioxident nutrience -
@KTtopshop12 жыл бұрын
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???
@MrMasterDebate6 жыл бұрын
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYES I CAN TO BE LAZY WITH MICROWAVE COOKING AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT XD
@ideoformsun58066 жыл бұрын
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.
@eklim20345 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot, I was going to eat onion raw, now I know I can cook them
@faustoorozcocoy12564 жыл бұрын
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?
@HomerSimpson4115 жыл бұрын
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?
@rowenaanderson37396 жыл бұрын
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.
@BobCampbell5308 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is good to know, but what about enzymes? Garlic for example is highly degraded by heat.
@kingmike406 жыл бұрын
I've been told that the same type of vegetables grown in the same field at the same time can have different nutrition levels.
@skpjoecoursegold3667 жыл бұрын
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.
@sparkle08597 жыл бұрын
*NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!* I love baked bell peppers :'( **cries**
@talkingbirb28084 жыл бұрын
It's okay, it's okay. Bell pepper is not the main resource of antioxidants and this study is only about antioxidants
@lernenderzukunft6 жыл бұрын
AirFryer??? Thanks☺
@turbonbc6 жыл бұрын
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.
@victoriapence74028 жыл бұрын
WhY about loss of enzymes (as the "raw vegans" site)?
@VandersonT_8 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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?
@שגהש5 ай бұрын
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-nis11 жыл бұрын
how about racemization of amino acids by microwave irradiation?
@jodrew18455 жыл бұрын
Good to know, although I read or heard that microwave cooking rendered the enzymes in the cooking process inert.
@WOmanofthefield17 жыл бұрын
Did anyone get an answer in regards to steaming? Would love to know! Thanks!
@kcsilverwing42636 жыл бұрын
What about slow cooker cooking? You consume the water so I would think good?
@bretdouglas94076 жыл бұрын
i like steam
@quantumchang44108 жыл бұрын
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.
@heronsandferns10 жыл бұрын
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?
@Acdhcup2676 жыл бұрын
El Tepe he thinks its horrible.
@bahpol92765 жыл бұрын
Hey what about half boiled vegetables?
@itswednesdayscrewironing75765 жыл бұрын
This was a fun video.😁
@torgeirmolaug1965 жыл бұрын
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.t72213 жыл бұрын
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
@thehappygreengirl11 жыл бұрын
yes if it's fresh. Go for organic so it's non GMO
@jamescunningham60173 жыл бұрын
What about sous vide?
@jorjiang15 жыл бұрын
how about steaming
@DiscimusUtServiamus8 жыл бұрын
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?
@paulgillard22156 жыл бұрын
I heard when you microwave you Change the molecular structure of the food thereby damaging the mineral and vitamin content? True or untrue?
@songofyesterday6 жыл бұрын
how long did they microwave though...
@blissfulbaboon5 жыл бұрын
Microwaving might be OK for preserving antioxidants but it kills most of the enzymes,so this is misleading,making microwaving out to look good.
@garethbaus54713 жыл бұрын
Cooking in general damages enzymes at fairly high rates.
@2014andon11 жыл бұрын
I guessed right! I thought it would be either carrot or peppers.
@ourmodernworldofficial7 жыл бұрын
How does frying add empty calories if you use water? Interested in knowing that... Or isn't that considerd frying?
@Jane-no3id6 жыл бұрын
What about sweet potato?
@miamivo44467 жыл бұрын
Hi everyone, how about electric pressure cooker ??
@tconcotelli11 жыл бұрын
p.s. Steaming is the best.
@unclegeorge78452 жыл бұрын
What about the "buga-buga" associated with microwave cooking?
@erdistheword2311 жыл бұрын
Can you eat raw corn?
@sunnysdayful6 жыл бұрын
100 % microwave sponsored study for sure.
@hakeemshabazz32075 жыл бұрын
sunnysdayful 🤔🤔🤔......... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏🎖✌
@bobschmob82336 жыл бұрын
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??
@AngrySoup11 жыл бұрын
The real question is. Antioxidants vs vitamins.
@loot67 жыл бұрын
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.
@nickvandernet2 жыл бұрын
And of course steaming is better than any of these.
@inigo13710 ай бұрын
What about steaming :(
@MrsBee-uo2lc5 жыл бұрын
But I thought microwaves were bed for food because they destroy the cells or something?🤔
@tconcotelli11 жыл бұрын
I've eaten corn raw...passed through my digestive system intact.
@vesorex12 жыл бұрын
so how are you supposed to eat red rice without losing its nutrients? isn't boiling the only option?
@unicornguy96768 жыл бұрын
I eat raw brussel sprouts
@charveljammer7 жыл бұрын
Barrak Sadeq I tried to eat one raw, I couldn't finish it.
@Acdhcup2676 жыл бұрын
Barrak Sadeq madman
@rabity10 жыл бұрын
what about steaming Doc? and really? microwaving is better than boiling? i thought microwave like gives you cancer or something
@leo0198710 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@rabity10 жыл бұрын
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?
@rabity10 жыл бұрын
***** I started using microwave after that comment i left actually,, Why not,, I eat a ton of antioxidants,, ;]
@danm450210 жыл бұрын
***** 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.
@rabity10 жыл бұрын
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!
@JasonGastrich2 жыл бұрын
Ok, but there is more than antioxidants to consider when you deem food healthy or not
@nosesanmiguel80165 жыл бұрын
Curious conclusions.
@haai4511 жыл бұрын
danmit i really do like raw carrots :(.
@kill3rcat11 жыл бұрын
Microwave... this can´t be right...
@itswednesdayscrewironing75765 жыл бұрын
The science oven!?! 🤔
@Leksa1353 жыл бұрын
2:26 cooking at all cooking at all cooking at all
@58gennaro6 жыл бұрын
who throws out the broth when making soup? i see no loss.
@CC-kl4nh2 ай бұрын
oh my god i have been doing it all wrong!
@KaceyDea12 жыл бұрын
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!!!!
@dsmith64046 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid everything came out of a can and boiled
@jimbutler11896 жыл бұрын
How is it possible that cooking increases nutrition?!?? That sounds ridiculous
@Acdhcup2676 жыл бұрын
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.
@shepompi7 жыл бұрын
who is this GUY who never answer anyone questions....hummmmm ???? a doc of ??? what ?
@alamedvav10 жыл бұрын
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.
@Aeghamedic10 жыл бұрын
"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.
@Aeghamedic10 жыл бұрын
Swannn It's not semantics to point out the difference between nuclear radiation and electromagnetic radiation.
@Aeghamedic10 жыл бұрын
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.
@Aeghamedic10 жыл бұрын
Swannn Right. So pointing out that microwave radiation isn't nuclear radiation isn't a matter of semantics. They're physically different.
@Aeghamedic10 жыл бұрын
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.
@vote4jellodk12 жыл бұрын
If only microwaves diddnt make food taste like complete garbage.
@jakeandsarahhealthnuts32997 жыл бұрын
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
@flagkdsa1807 жыл бұрын
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
@goku4456 жыл бұрын
There is no scientific data on the potential harmful effects of microwave. If you think there are, publish a study!
@ianmertens42216 жыл бұрын
nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Effects-of-Radiation-Leaking-from-Microwave-Ovens Just Added!!
@TOMMYSURIA6 жыл бұрын
Ian Mertens if you are an idiot and stay not in from of it, of course.😵
@jimbutler11896 жыл бұрын
Please. You are basing your comment on what?
@shepompi7 жыл бұрын
ahhh... i think this video needs an update !!! before we nuk more ppl..
@Bravemouth24 жыл бұрын
But you simmer in very little water and eat everything...
@peterchavez71476 жыл бұрын
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!
@thomuk20065 жыл бұрын
crock pot?
@qui_etes_vous7 жыл бұрын
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 ?
@Luther846959 жыл бұрын
Come on. if you want to live healthy, throw your microwave away.
@jakeandsarahhealthnuts32997 жыл бұрын
Just Sayan because there is radation. just Google studies done on dangers of microwave. Dr mercola quotes some studies in his articles
@tharun9607 жыл бұрын
Why would heating up the water molecules in food which is what a microwave does be bad?
@mariahspapaya6 жыл бұрын
Joseph Studley all of this fear mongering over radiation from a microwave has no validity
@goku4456 жыл бұрын
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.
@JorjaFox666 жыл бұрын
Boo. No nuke for me.
@lamalperry79197 жыл бұрын
are you seriously telling people to cook there meals in a microwave? unsubscribing to your Chanel I know!! hahah enjoy radiation poisoning
@heyitsablackguy95538 жыл бұрын
Microwave? Lower than boiling. Wow. Heard that microwaves are dangerous.
@mikep53298 жыл бұрын
I think it was specifically talking about antioxidant loss. They didn't test for any other deleterious effects by using a microwave.
@heyitsablackguy95538 жыл бұрын
Mike P Do they give you cancer?
@mikep53298 жыл бұрын
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