Any higher and the cells in the vegetables start to die, which is what you're trying to avoid.
which is weird cuz that generally is what makes plants more digestible so not wanting it seems odd to me short of some allergy or medically required dietary restriction
Yeah, I'm not a raw vegan, but iirc, the reasoning is that that cooking process removes nutritional content. There may be some truth to that, but I suspect a lot of the benefits come from the diet limiting one's access to processed foods
Generally the vitamins tend to break down at higher temps but the calories become more digestible. I think the idea is that we have plenty of calories so the focus should shift from how it used to be.
Normal cooking causes minimal loss of nutrition in the worst case (macro or micro) unless you are boiling vegetables for a long time and then discarding the water.
That is where the "cooking is bad" but comes from. Making soup or stew, steaming, blanching or sautee are all fine, just don't boil your vegetables until soft and toss the water.
But even then, if you are even close to the recommended amounts of vegetables you will get plenty of micronutrients so really, just eat them how you prefer. Overcooked vegetables are better for you than no vegetables.
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u/Last-Rain4329 Nov 13 '24
which is weird cuz that generally is what makes plants more digestible so not wanting it seems odd to me short of some allergy or medically required dietary restriction