Nutrition Tip
How Much Does Boiling Lower a Vegetable's Nutrients?
Boiling causes part of some of the water-soluble vitamins in a vegetable to pass into the cooking water; the loss cannot be given as a definite ratio, because it changes with the type of vegetable, the way it is chopped and the cooking time.
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