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Does reheating food in a microwave damage its nutrients?
If vegetables in particular have already been cooked and just need to be warmed up, does it matter what method you use to heat them? That is to say, does exposure to microwaves degrade vitamins more than using a stove top or conventional oven to acheive the same temperature prior to serving?
If vegetables in particular have already been cooked and just need to be warmed up, does it matter what method you use to heat them? That is to say, does exposure to microwaves degrade vitamins more than using a stove top or conventional oven to acheive the same temperature prior to serving?
I recognize that cooking vegetables at all degrades their nutritional integrity. What is the real difference between *reheating* in a microwave and *reheating* by putting in an oven at, say, 350?
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No a microwave does not damage the vitamin content of food any more than conventional oven or stove top. Since a microwave heats the water molecules you may want to add a teaspoon of water to what you are reheating to keep them from drying out but otherwise. The vegetables are going to be fine.
- pisceswoman87Lv 61 decade ago
The nutrients were already damaged when they were cooked the first time, no matter what method was used. Raw vegetables are healthiest.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
i do no longer think of microwaves upload any style of 'issues' on your nutrition. It makes use of microwaves to warmth the nutrition, that's in basic terms a form of wave - like radio waves. the priority may be they style of nutrition you're ingesting with the help of making use of the microwave. Microwave dinners and different meals that are in basic terms arranged in microwaves are not time-honored for being the main healthful. while you're ingesting marvelous then you definately shouldn't might desire to complication approximately making use of the microwave. in spite of the fact that while you're making use of it to decrease corners and not shelter your physique, it might desire to be time to interrupt out the pots and pans.