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What is the healthiest way to cook?
The answer is steaming, because whether frying or frying, these cooking methods will add a lot of cooking oil. Cooking oil will not only increase the calorie content in food, but also produce some carcinogens when frying food. There are many harmful substances produced by high temperature in fried food residue.

Cooking is actually the most primitive cooking method. There is no doubt that cooking is healthier than frying, but cooking also has some defects. Although the cooking method of stir-frying is not too greasy, its biggest disadvantage is that a large number of vitamins and yeast contained in food will be decomposed and destroyed at high temperature, resulting in a large loss of nutrients.

Moreover, many beneficial substances cannot withstand high temperatures, so some of these substances will decompose in food, while others will decompose in water and be lost to soup. Moreover, the fat rich in meat products will also enter hot soup, thus losing its energy value, so the cooking method of cooking will reduce the nutritional value of food.

What are the benefits of steaming?

As a traditional cooking method, steaming has little damage to the molecular structure of food itself. This cooking method can retain the nutrients of food to the maximum extent, and can also maintain the original flavor of food. More importantly, steaming is oil-free cooking, and no oil fume will be produced during cooking, so the steamed food is easier to digest and healthier, which is a better cooking method for some people with poor gastrointestinal function.

It is best not to steam the food for too long, only in this way can the original flavor of the food be maintained. There is less oil and less salt in the steaming process, so the food made by this cooking method is low in fat content and not too greasy. It is worth mentioning that vitamins and minerals in steamed vegetables, fish and meat can be preserved.

Therefore, the steaming cooking method is very healthy, suitable for people who keep in good health, can keep a slim figure and figure, and can make their complexion better.