Samantha is making a vegetable soup that contains carrots, beans, water, salt, pepper, bits of ham, and onions. The soup has to cook for 4 hours. While the soup is cooking, what will happen to some of the minerals that are in its ingredients?
A. The minerals will leach out of the ham and vegetables and into the watery portion of the soup.
B. The minerals will denature and become less bioavailable.
C. The relatively high temperature that is needed to cook the soup will destroy the iron, phosphorus, and sulfur in the vegetables.
D. Unless Samantha places a cover on the soup pot, the minerals will decompose when exposed to light and oxygen.
Answer: A
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