When cooking green beans, Lenny likes to add baking soda to the cooking water, because it keeps the color of the beans from turning olive green. As a result of this practice, Lenny's green beans have ________ than green beans cooked in plain water.  

A. less vitamin C
B. fewer kilocalories
C. greater fatty acid content
D. more essential amino acids


Answer: A

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