🎧 Raw vs. Steamed Vegetables: Which Cooking Method Preserves More Nutrients?

podcast May 01, 2025

When it comes to detoxing your home and body, what lands on your plate matters. In this short and sweet Ultimate Home Detox™ Unpacked episode of the Practical Nontoxic Living™ podcast, Sophia Ruan Gushée explores a simple yet powerful topic: Is it better to eat vegetables raw or steamed?

Based on scientific studies, raw vegetables often retain the highest nutrient levels—especially for water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C and B vitamins. However, if you're cooking, steaming stands out as one of the best cooking methods for preserving nutrients while making vegetables easier to digest.

As summer approaches, this episode is your gentle nudge to add more salads and steamed veggies to your plate. It’s also a reminder that small, consistent shifts—like how you cook your food—can be meaningful steps toward your Ultimate Home Detox™.

🎧 Listen Now: Should you eat more raw or steamed veggies?

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Ruan Living simplifies a nontoxic lifestyle through its Practical Nontoxic Living podcast, free detox workshops, online D-Tox Academy, and transformative 40-Day Home Detox. It aims to help you avoid toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from what you buy, own, and do— without compromising your joy and convenience. Ruan was founded by Sophia Ruan Gushée, author of the bestselling critically acclaimed book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Your Toxic Exposures and several detox workbooks. A graduate of Brown University and Columbia Business School, Sophia has served on the Brown University School of Public Health Advisory Council and Well+Good Council. A popular nontoxic living speaker, consultant, and teacher, Sophia lives in New York City with her husband and three daughters. Her passion for empowering others to enjoy nontoxic living began with the birth of her first daughter in 2007. Everything she creates is a love letter to her children and for the healthiest, brightest future possible. You can learn more here: Sophia’s Impact.

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