Nutritionists say that raw vegetables, lettuce, or tapeworm eggs can contain harmful bacteria such as E. coli, which can cause infections and digestive problems. Cooking not only reduces these ...

It’s true that eating raw veggies and fruit is a great idea for your health — but you shouldn’t avoid the cooked variety entirely. Dietitian Megan Wroe of Providence St. Jude Medical Center ...

It’s why I’ll almost always choose raw vegetables over cooked ones. Take carrots for example — one of my absolute favorites. And yet, I almost never eat them cooked. I can’t even remember ...

Many vegetables provide you with two grams of protein per cup raw, or per half cup cooked, so anything with two or more grams per serving can be considered a high-protein vegetable, according to ...