![]() ![]() This procedure didn’t exist until the last decade, and it remains highly controversial as the long range effect on humans has never been tested.īriefly described, this procedure consists of infecting a healthy seed or grain with various bacteria or insects to lengthen its shelf life, to make it look pretty for the consumer long after the nutritional value has dissolved. Genetically engineered food has infiltrated the growing of almost all crops. A good cook can prepare a beautiful plate with the natural colors of freshly picked fruits and vegetables. As soon as heat is applied, a good quantity of the nutrition is destroyed. The best means of cooking fruits and vegetables for their health value is to eat them raw in salads or as snacks. After a fruit or vegetable has been sitting for several days, or transported around the world, the value of the vitamins and minerals diminishes. Freshly harvested food provides the maximum nutritional value. When does a fruit or vegetable (or any baked item) furnish us with the most nutrition? The experts feel that food grown in one’s own environment will usually contain the most nutrition. Summarized in one word, the main purpose of cooking is health! The true goal of cooking is to nourish these marvelous bodies that we live in, to allow them to grow and express vitality and strength, to keep them healthy and able to overcome environmental germs and bacteria. Real cooking consists of more than opening a can with a dull picture of green beans on the front, or popping a TV dinner from a wax-covered box into the oven or microwave. They have become the uncrowned gods and goddesses of our lives. ![]() As eating holds a guaranteed spot in everybody’s daily schedule, so do those who prepare it. Who can resist the mouth-watering pictures in a cookbook? Who doesn’t have childhood memories of the fragrances that wafted from the kitchen on holidays, and even on regular, ordinary days? Spices, bread baking, cookies fresh out of the oven – all these trigger a deep longing in most of us. ![]()
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