is it  true that green vegetables are healthier than cooked ones? how?
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Do you mean "Are raw vegetables healthier than cooked vegetables"?\n\nSome vitamins can be lost when the veggies are cooked.
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lol, typically I end up telling a lot of petients, do not eat what tastes good because it is likley not to be good for your health. But if you could develope a taste for boiled vegetables, I love them now! good luck
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A raw food diet creates major improvements in health. The reasons are not known, but the experience is unmistakable. Weight normalizes, which generally means a reduction in fat. At the same time, a person feels extremely energized. It's as if energy would rather be burned up than converted to fat.\n\nThere seems to be a major shift in physiology which makes one feel highly energized from raw food. I can only theorize why this occurs. It is quite likely that a large part of cooked food can only go into fat production, because heat and acid alter it making it unmetabolizable in other complex processes. By contrast, raw food should break down into components which can be directly metabolized in a variety of cells.\n\nHealth gets so refined and perfected with a raw food diet that a person notices effects of all types. The result is an important source of information about nutrition and quality of food.\n\nFor example, it is noticeable that sucrose (table sugar) goes entirely into fat production rather than immediate energy. Sucrose splits into glucose and fructose. Muscles use glucose but not fructose. Furthermore, the splitting probably does not occur during digestion, and then only fat cells can use the disaccharide.\n\nOne very obvious improvement resulting from a raw food diet is in the digestive system. Raw food digests marvelously well, so a person does not notice the acid, bile and residual effects of digestion that go with a cooked food diet.\n\nAdding a little bit of cooked food to a raw food diet doesn't work well, because acid is then produced in the stomach, and it is bad for raw food. Acid and raw food tend to create indigestion.\n\nA problem with raw foods is that they are the highest in pesticides. Organic raw foods may be necessary, unless a person is very clever in working around the worst pesticides. The effects are quite noticeable, which allows adjustments to be made.\n\nThe usual assumption is that the only supplement which is needed in theory is vitamin B12, because it is primarily found in meat. It originates with microbes, and very little is needed. Outside link on B12\n\nHowever, I find that copper and zinc are also needed with a vegetarian diet, because plant material is very low in these minerals compared to meat. These minerals are toxic while being absorbed, so they should be taken in small quantities. Other vitamins or minerals can be taken if desired. Even vitamin pills should not be taken in large quantities, because they are powerful reactants and can destroy organs, particularly when they contain byproducts of synthesis.\n\nI think everyone should take B vitamins, but in small quantities. I find 20 milligrams per day to be the right amount for the main ones. Pills have to be cut up to get that size. B vitamins store best when separated into each type, because they tend to react with each other. Folic acid deteriorates into a toxic substance. It might need to be replaced every two to three months depending upon humidity.\n\nAlmost everyone needs vitamin D. It transports calcium into cells. It's easy to get too much Vitamin D, particularly in the form of capsules. Dry D pills are safer. There is more than enough calcium in food when taking vitamin D. There is not much more calcium in dairy than other sources, and the hormones in dairy are not desirable.\n\nNormally, salt is not used with raw food. I find that eating some salt seems to be physiologically beneficial with raw food.\n\nFruits and vegetables digest through different processes when raw. Eat fruit in the morning and vegetables later.\n\nLearning to eat a raw food diet is mostly trial and error. Whatever is available and one wants to eat is generally adequate. Protein is found in raw nuts and seeds, such as sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, filberts, etc., and sprouts are also a good source of protein. Plant proteins do not have the same balance of amino acids as animal protein, so a variety of sources are needed.\n\nSprouts are of
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Neither.  Vegans and vegetarians like to claim that the non-vegetarian lifestyle is unhealthy.  However, there is plenty of evidence (most of it scientific) that the vegan and vegetarian lifestyles are just as unhealthy as non-vegetarian lifestyles.  You can't eat very much of anything these days offered in grocery stores that is not mass-produced, hormone injected, pesticide or chemically assisted, and this applies just as much to fruits and vegetables as it does to meat.  And organic foods are no better than regular foods http://preventdisease.com/home/tips61.shtml  Everything in moderation is the key.\n\nThe Naive Vegetarian\nhttp://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/2/vegetarian.htm\n\nThe Myths of Vegetarianism\nhttp://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/vegetarian_myths.htm
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The standard American diet Americans eat consists of 5 times too much protein. If you did any serious studies on who the healthiest people on the planet are, Vegetarians (specifically, SDA's) rank at the op of the list.\nDid you know that pound for pound, broccoli contains more protein than a steak? Vegetarians are much healthier than meat eaters. Do your research.
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NOPE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD FOR YOU THE brocoli as a lot of fiber just like the other veges and the turkey as long as its white and not deep fried your good to go just remember moderation
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If you eat too much of these, yes, to be sure.\n\nHowever, if you eat them in moderation, and mix in vegetables, and some exercise, you should be just fine.
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Plenty of green veggies...;
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yes, if the rest of your food is healthy (fruit and veggies, whole grains)
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Well, all of your green vegetables are good, and fruits.  They all add anti-oxidants which help.
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(m)\n\nVegetable ghee has artificial colour and flavour added to it to make it look and taste like butter. As well, vegetable ghee has no cholesterol, unlike butter-based ghee.
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I am a full vegan! That means I don't eat anything even made from animals including dairy and eggs. All I eat is fruit, vegetables, and nuts. I love em!!!! I even eat raw asparagus for a bedtime snack. :) I do it because it is what works best with my body. Vegetables keep my digestive tract moving quickly and my metabolism fast. I have never had a weight problem! I never feel heavy or bloated after a big meal and I know that I am at a low risk for things like heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer because of my diet. So you ask why eat veggies, I ask why not?
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Everyone is different.  Eat everything in moderation.\nstay away from too many saturated fats, and simple carbs.\n\nEat as much un processed food as possible, \nEat as much organic food as possible.\n\nTake a quality multi-vitamin, since we are not getting the same nutrients from vegetables as we used to.
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Being a vegetarian can be healthy.\nBeing omnivorous can be healthy as well.\nThere's no scientific proof that a vegetarian diet is superior to one that's not.
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Ate something wrong? Heck no, its plant pigment & fiber in your diet. It happens when you are eating large amount of greenish plants.\n\nIts harmless. I occasionally have it since I'm a vegan.
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Raw potatoes can give you fever...at least that's what we used to do when we were young to avoid going to school (I never tried it, so it could be a myth, but I definitely heard kids saying that). \nThere are some real fanatics who say that you should not cook food at all! \nPersonally, If you are trying to eat healthy, I suggest you leave out the potatoes. \nThe less you cook vegetables, the more their nutrients are preserved. It's a whole other question whether you can stomach eating only raw veggies for a long time. I couldn't!
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If you use it in moderation, then yes it is better.\nHave you checked out the calories in the mcdonalds' salads?  The caloric and fat content is really high for some of them.\nSome dressings are really fattening.