sameey I have a question for you and other nutriotion savvy people in this forum.
What's better in terms of nutritional value, cooked or raw food? especially for fish, is eating sashimi (raw fish) better than eating grilled fish in terms of quality and quantity of proteins and vitamins.
how about vegetables... and well eggs ? for the story i don't have problems eating raw eggs or fish or anything (except chicken and meat) stomach handles bacteria pretty well but is it really better to eat raw ?
can it become dangerous to eat too much raw fish and seafood? hopefully i won't become a shark
FireMyst wrote:sameey I have a question for you and other nutriotion savvy people in this forum.
What's better in terms of nutritional value, cooked or raw food? especially for fish, is eating sashimi (raw fish) better than eating grilled fish in terms of quality and quantity of proteins and vitamins.
how about vegetables... and well eggs ? for the story i don't have problems eating raw eggs or fish or anything (except chicken and meat) stomach handles bacteria pretty well but is it really better to eat raw ?
can it become dangerous to eat too much raw fish and seafood? hopefully i won't become a shark
Cooked or raw? It depends on the food. Sometimes the nutrient content of a particular food will remain unchanged by cooking, but destroys bacteria and contaminants, like salmonella in eggs for instance. Cooking destroys salmonella, but maintains the food's nutritional value. Produce starts out with lots of nutrients but are somewhat reduced by heat and sunlight during storage at the store and at home as well as cooking. For most people, the risk of mercury from eating fish is not a health concern, but some seafood contains more than others so your risk depends on the amount and type that you eat, whether cooked or raw.
advice is to eat a variety of foods, both cooked and raw, but avoid those obvious risky choices (raw meat, eggs) or you run the risk of getting a food borne illness...which is not fun.
I think it's very valuable to eat small portions of raw foods such as fruits, veggies and nuts throughout the day. However, not everything needs to be raw. Our bodies will not go without what they need from cooking foods.
That being said, cooking anything as Sammey said, often doesn't sacrifice nutritional content, and in some cases where it does, the content sacrificed is not really a problem.
You're not going to end up with a piece of Chargrilled Chicken, that's got as much Protein as an Egg, so I wouldn't worry.
Although pretty much most raw foods, like Fruits and Nuts, do get used for hot dishes, though mostly by Chefs.
I laugh actually, as I was watching a TV programme featuring a well known Chef, who's won some of the highest honours, and he tries to help failing culinary businesses, back from the brink.
The Chef at this restaurant he visited, was apparently "self taught", and this top Chef, nearly had a fit when he found one of the meals this other guy made, contained Mashed Potato, with a piece of Apricot in it.
He said something like "what kind of retard cooks Mashed Potato, with a piece of f**king Apricot in it?"
