Why is it important for nurses to teach their clients to cook foods in a minimum amount of water?
a. Food tastes better when steamed, baked, or broiled.
b. Hydrogen ions from the water bind to the vitamins and minerals, which decreases absorption.
c. Most minerals and some vitamins are water-soluble, and these nutrients will remain in the cooking water.
d. The positive oxygen ions in the water bind to the negative ions in the food, thus oxidizing the chemical bonds and increasing the client's risk of obtaining toxic amounts of some nutrients.
C
Vitamins, organic nutrients that are essential to life, regulate body processes. Most minerals and some vitamins are water soluble, and these nutrients will remain in the cooking water, thus not being ingested.
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