and the micro has some detrimental affects also, Lee
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Mooshee - Knowledge is Health! wrote:

Professor Thornalley said: "If you want to get the maximum benefit
from your five portions-a-day vegetable consumption, if you are
cooking your vegetables boiling is out. You need to consider stir
frying steaming or micro-waving them."

This is old news over here. We've had this advice going round since
about 1940. I've been steaming and stir-frying brassicas for about
quarter of a century! And all sorts of other vegetables... And when I
DO boil veggies (other than spuds!), I save the water for making soup.

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