John from http://www.okraw.com/ shares how thoughts as well as published scientific studies regarding if cooked foods always have fewer nutrients than raw foods.
In this episode, you will learn the truth about cooking foods and how they can affect nutrients in both good and bad ways. You will learn if it is always best to eat raw foods and if cooked foods are worthless.
First, John will share more about his 28-year raw food journey and how he got a microbiome test which caused him to further rethink his diet.
You will also learn about how John dealt with conflicting studies and raw food teachings that he had learned in the past.
You will discover what published scientific journal articles show about nutrients in raw vs cooked foods such as minerals, phytonutrients, amino acids, antioxidants, etc.
After watching this episode, you will learn if raw food is always superior to cooked foods in terms of nutrients.
Jump to the following parts of this episode: 00:00 Episode Starts 00:13 You can never gain nutrients when you cook foods? 02:45 Microbiome Testing 04:00 Evidence-Based Raw Plant-Based Diet 05:02 When you cook foods you may gain certain nutrients 06:21 Carotenes Can Better Your Health 07:30 Raw Carrot Juice is better than raw 09:10 Raw vs Cooked Carrots Nutrients 10:45 Raw vs Cooked Potatoes 13:00 Why do certain nutrients go up when cooked? 14:00 Cooking Beans Reduces Polyphenols? 16:20 Mineral & Protein Content of Carrots Cooked vs Raw 20:00 Increased Energy from Cooking 21:20 Cooked Brassicas Can be More beneficial than Raw Brassicas 23::10 I am not here to justify your cooked food eating 24:00 Nutrition is nuanced 26:00 Everyone needs to eat more raw foods & Home prepared foods 28:10 Enzymes Best Friend or Enemy? 29:50 How I eat Heat Processed Foods
