The Four Healthiest Cooking Methods You Should Know
We live in an age where our agricultural technology can grant us abundant foods. Ironically, though, not all of them are prepared healthily. In fact, the statistics released by WHO is quite concerning. Roughly 2.8 million people die each year due to overweight and obesity. And in 2016 alone, 1.9 billion adults are obese. If you don’t know how to prepare your foods healthily, you may add yourself to those stats!
Now, let’s get to the cooking methods that can save your life.
Pressure Cooking
Pressure cooking is basically steaming with the addition of high-pressure air, which makes the temperature inside the pressure cooker of Instant Pot rise significantly faster than if you are to use other types of cookware. To be precise, the pressure can reach anywhere from 11.6 to 15 psi with a temperature of 240°F. But then you may be wondering if such a high pressure and temperature will destroy the nutrients in your foods. The answer is definitely a no!
An instant pot makes the whole cooking process quicker, which keeps all the good stuff in your foods intact. Overcooking happens when you cook your foods too long. The temperature has nothing to do with it.
Air-Frying
Everyone likes fries, chips, and all other tasty but greasy foods. But then you realize how dangerous they can be if you eat them on a daily basis. Fried foods are high in trans fats, the very culprit of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, and cancers. But with an air-fryer, you can reduce the oil used in cooking up to 90%! Watch this video of how an air fryer works. See for yourself how little oil is used in this method.
Grilling
Grilling is probably still irreplaceable for cooking meat because it produces a distinct flavor that can’t be achieved with other cooking methods. But if your grill is not efficient in cooking the meat, you’ll get more of the bad stuff than the good one. When you find too many charred parts on your meat, then it is a sign for you to upgrade your grill.
And for your information, today’s grill is not only for outdoor cooking. There is an indoor version that uses electricity available.
Microwaving
With a decent quality microwave, you can prepare a lot of foods, ranging from main dishes to desserts. And it can also retain most of the vitamins, minerals, and proteins in the ingredients. But remember that it has to be the quality one, or your supposedly awesome cooking experience can turn disastrous. Microwave with low wattage tends to result in uneven heating. But you don’t want a microwave that wastes too much electricity either.