Getting the most from your vegetables
Sorry, I'm an NPR junkie.
This story is about how to increase your absorption of nutrients.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106968683
Summary: Eat a lot of veggies and eat them a lot of different ways.
Specific suggestions:
This story is about how to increase your absorption of nutrients.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106968683
Summary: Eat a lot of veggies and eat them a lot of different ways.
Specific suggestions:
- Fat helps with the absportion of nutrients
- Chewing more can increase absorption
- Microwaving is often the best way to cook to avoid breaking down or losing nutrients
I read an article in my Bicycling Magazine the other month, and the basic take-away was that you need to eat a lot of different kinds of vegetables.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the article:
http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-1-323-20342-1,00.html