Elie: Created page with "* Cooking destroys most of the vitamin C in the food. * Cooking destroys some B vitamins. {{talk|Which ones, and to what extent?}} * The other vitamins are not significantly lost in cooking. * Cooking does NOT destroy minerals. ** However, you WILL lose minerals{{x|and vitamins, too}} if you boil the food and throw away the water. * In some cases (such as carrots or beets), cooking actually makes the nutrients MORE available. ** Or to achieve this ''without'' cooking, yo..."

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Created page with "* Cooking destroys most of the vitamin C in the food. * Cooking destroys some B vitamins. {{talk|Which ones, and to what extent?}} * The other vitamins are not significantly lost in cooking. * Cooking does NOT destroy minerals. ** However, you WILL lose minerals{{x|and vitamins, too}} if you boil the food and throw away the water. * In some cases (such as carrots or beets), cooking actually makes the nutrients MORE available. ** Or to achieve this ''without'' cooking, yo..."

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* Cooking destroys most of the vitamin C in the food.
* Cooking destroys some B vitamins. {{talk|Which ones, and to what extent?}}
* The other vitamins are not significantly lost in cooking.
* Cooking does NOT destroy minerals.
** However, you WILL lose minerals{{x|and vitamins, too}} if you boil the food and throw away the water.
* In some cases (such as carrots or beets), cooking actually makes the nutrients MORE available.
** Or to achieve this ''without'' cooking, you can do a [[freeze thaw puree]].

==Why cooking doesn't destroy minerals==

''Minerals'', in the context of food nutrition, refer to ''elements on the periodic table''. They cannot be created or destroyed (except in a nuclear reaction). Vitamins, on the other hand, are ''molecules'' (which break down far more easily than atoms). {{talk|TODO: Find a link to some free "Chemistry 101" course online, and add it here.}}

==Why cooking vegetables makes the nutrients more available==

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==See also==
* [[Nutrition]]

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