We all know that eating plenty of vegetables is good for you, but the way you cook them really can make all the difference, both in terms of the flavour and the overall nutritional value.
There are many ways to cook vegetables of course, from steaming to stir-frying - but there is one extremely popular method you really should be avoiding at all costs unless you're making a batch of homemade soup.
A food science professor has now urged people to consider how they can preserve nutrients such as "protein, antioxidants. vitamins, polyphenols" by amending their cooking process of choice, resulting in the most nourishing meal possible.