How Do Foods Lose Nutrients. For example boiling a potato can cause much of the potatos B and C vitamins to migrate into the boiling water. Store foods in cool dark places.
Produce that was handled properly can last for two to three weeks. How fast nutrient depletion happens depends on the food. Secondly by soaking in water which leaches out the.
Because of the air being sucked into the blender the nutrients.
Some nutrients break down when theyre exposed to heat whether it is from a microwave or a regular oven. The process of preserving food kills vital nutrients. The depletion can happen in three ways - firstly through the chopping itself which exposes surfaces from which vitamins and minerals can be lost. Most foods that are naturally rich in vitamins minerals and other healthy stuff lose some of that nutritional wealth over time.
