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I wanted to know when you burn something, does it lose its nutritional value?

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Yes: As a general rule of thumb in plants cooking decreases nutritional value. Cooking meats too hot creates carcinogenic compounds (not cooking fails to kill bacteria).

Answered 4/19/2013

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