Healthy cooking is an art that involves careful selection of ingredients and then cooking them “gently” keeping the nutrients intact. The nutritional information of various ingredients is not a mystery these days, as we have labels and the Internet to help us with this knowledge. On the contrary, keeping our food nutritious even after cooking is a bit complex and confusing, not because it is difficult but because of the lack of correct information related to choosing the right cookware. So how do you keep food nutritious even after cooking? Let’s find out:
A clear and sure answer to this question is rare these days because there is so much misleading information on the internet related to different cooking methods. For example, you may find some blog articles that advocate cooking in the crock pot as a way to keep nutrients intact by slow cooking over low heat. But you can also find some articles that claim the opposite. There are numerous references to inconclusive and sometimes outdated research for or against certain cookware making choosing the right one quite a challenge!
However, by the end of this post, you will have a good idea about which cookware is the healthiest and how to keep the nutritional value of food intact after cooking – information backed by verifiable and traditional information.
The secret: Use a pot made of the right material!
Conventional cookware (metal, ceramic, porcelain, enameled, etc.) is known to leach toxins into food as it cooks because it contains certain metals, oxides, chemicals, etc. in varying amounts. All metals are highly reactive to food, which is a biochemical entity. They combine with nutrients in food and form compounds that are harmful to the body and cause health problems. Plus, the heat from these pots mercilessly destroys the delicate nutritional cells while cooking!
To cook nutritious foods, cookware must be completely inert so that nothing leaches into the food, and it must cook gently without destroying nutrients. The only material known to have such capabilities is pure clay or primary unglazed clay. Cooking in clay pots has been the only method of cooking among settled civilizations since time unknown. There is no alternative to natural clay that can give you the same benefits.
Unfortunately, however, many of the clay pots we see on the market today are mostly chemically glazed. We don’t realize that the chemicals used in glazes contaminate our food and the semi-porous nature of pure clay is what makes it perfect for healthy cooking (it can “breathe” oxygen while cooking, expelling toxins from food , etc.)
The gentle far-infrared heat, exclusive to these pots, cooks while keeping the nutrients intact. Those who have switched to pure clay have reported tremendous health improvements with regular use and better tasting foods. If you haven’t tried pure clay cooking by now, you’re missing out on extremely nutritious and healthy meals every day, so it’s about time you got a pure clay pot for your kitchen today!