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We are coming up on the busiest cooking months of the year. Cooking has a large effect on the nutritional content of our foods. At Rebalance, we focus on movement but optimal movement should be backed by optimal nutrition. The ways that we choose to cook have a tremendous influence on the nutrition content of our food.
The best way to get the most nutritional content from your foods is to eat them raw. Once a fruit or vegetable is picked, it begins to lose its nutritional value. While it’s true that cooking can destroy some of the nutrients in food, it can also make other nutrients more easily absorbed like in high fiber foods and animal proteins. Cooking can also destroy parts of plants that can be harmful and can also make foods that are tough to eat easier to chew.
So while there are benefits for raw food, the holidays and winter months can be a time where we prefer to eat a lot of cooked food rather than raw food. Here are some recommendations to maximize the nutrients in your food.
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These are just some things to consider as you prepare meals this holiday season. Happy Holidays and happy cooking!
Written by Stephanie Muntzer, MPT, PYT, RYT200, CPI, SFMA, FMSc
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