10 Surprising And Shocking Facts About Food

Fruits And Vegetables Have Lost Some Nutrition

Even though fruits and vegetables are considered the healthiest foods on Earth, they have lost some of their nutritional content over the past 50 years due to agricultural methods that have stripped the soil they are grown from. Organic produce is your best bet.

Cooked Vegetables Can Be More Nutritious Than Raw Vegetables

The amount of nutrition varies between the type of vegetable and how it is cooked. Boiling carrots provides more nutrients than raw carrots as boiling carrots releases the amount of antioxidants in the vegetable for consumption. However, cooking carrots can lower other compounds.