10 Interesting Tips On Vegetables – Dr. Berg On Veggies

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Hi guys, Dr. Bur here. In this video, we’re going to give you the 10 vegetable tips today. Okay. Number one, if you’re going to leave the vegetables in the fridge longer than one week, it’s better to freeze them.

Okay? Because they’ll actually lose their nutrients if they’re sitting in the fridge for more than one week. Okay? So, just freeze them. You retain more nutrients.

Uh, number two, I don’t know if you realize this, but three servings of cruciferous vegetables, that’s three cups, will decrease certain types of cancer risks by 41%. It takes 23 cups of other vegetables to decrease cancer, even in the 20 percentile. So, cruciferous, hands down, are the most potent anti-cancer vegetables that you can consume. So, at least get three cups. All right.

Uh, number three, avoid canned vegetables. When you can a vegetable, you have to pasteurize it. You’re going to kill all the enzymes. That’s why it can sit on the shelf for a long period of time. So, instead of doing canned vegetables, do fermented vegetables.

Much better. Next one. Uh, broccoli leaves have more nutrients than the actual other parts of the plants. So, when you’re cutting up broccoli, make sure you use the leaves as well and consume those. um they have a lot more vitamin A and other vegetables.

Uh number five, eat the outer part of the cabbage or the onion or the lettuce. So sometimes when people are consuming cabbage, they start peeling it down. They get rid of the most nutrient-dense part of that vegetable, which is the very outer portion, especially even the onions and the lettuce as well. Don’t throw that away. Consume it.

Okay. Number six. If you want to increase the longevity of your vegetables in the refrigerator, spray them with a little water. They’ll last longer. Number seven, don’t cook your vegetables in copper pots because that will deplete vitamin C and vitamin E.

Number eight, use stainless steel or enamel or glass. Okay. Number nine, use the least amount of heat possible. Heat destroys enzymes. The purpose of consuming the vegetables is to get all the enzymes and the vitamins.

A lot of these vitamins and enzymes are heat sensitive. So, heat them or uh maybe sauté them and then take them off the uh stove as fast as possible. All right. Number 10. Um refrigeration does increase longevity.

So, if you have your vegetables sitting out in a little bowl, um they’re going to go bad a lot faster. Keep them in the fridge just to increase the longevity. All right. Thanks for watching. Hey, you probably already subscribed, but if you haven’t, press this little button down below, and I will keep you updated.