Tips and tricks for healthy cooking

Healthy food is determined by the ingredients used and the cooking methods. Some trivial things can affect your family’s health and fitness. Food products rich in nutrients can actually turn into unhealthy foods when cooked the wrong way. 

The way of cooking on high heat can destroy vitamins in vegetables, especially vitamin C, folate and potassium, and it increased by 20%.

Research has shown that most foods become more nutritious after cooking, such as carrots, spinach, and tomatoes. The cooking process helps the antioxidants to be released by destroying the cell wall in vegetables and making them easier to digest by the body.

What are the healthy cooking methods?

Here are 6 cooking methods that are healthier:

Boiling

Boiling is an easy and fast way. You only need to add water and a pinch of salt. However, you should avoid high temperatures and large amounts of water because it reduces the amount of water-soluble vitamins and forgot minerals in vegetables by about 7 0 percent. 

Steam

Steam cooking is one of the best cooking methods for all food items from vegetables to meat, poultry and fish. With this cooking method, you preserve the flavor of the original food, as well as the nutrients and vitamins.

Grilling

The grill is one of the recommended ways to get the taste of meat that remains tender and tender. But some research has proven that over roasting can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer. Roasting at high temperatures produces a chemical reaction between the fat and protein in meat and thus produces a toxin that would destroy the balance of antioxidants in the body, and may lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Frying

Try to use only a little bit of cooking oil. 

Uncooked (raw foods)

Raw foods are the most popular type of diet lately. Followers of this diet is the healthiest way to get the vitamins, minerals, fiber and enzymes in vegetables without losing them.

Finally, we advise you to avoid using materials that have been treated or stored for a long time.