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Is it true that cooking vegetables makes them lose their nutrients?
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Enzymes: Heating can kill enzymes in vegetables.
Answered 3/10/2013
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No: Folic acid is unstable when heated, but the 39 other essential nutrients are fairly stable at cooking temperatures. Of course, vegetables are poor sources of the 13 vitamins and protein, compared to meat.
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