Effects of Cooking and Storage on the Nutritional Value of Eggs
Effects of Cooking and Storage on the Nutritional Value of Eggs
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10.1002/9780470376973.ch17
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2008-04
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G. Bedogni;N. Battistini
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作者:
G. Bedogni;N. Battistini
“And to this research and discovery which name more appropriate than Medicine could be given? Because this discovery was made for the health of man, for his salvation and feeding, in place of that regimen from which troubles, diseases and death were coming”: 1 this is how the author of De Antica Medicina—the most famous treatise of the Corpus Hippocraticum—heralds the discovery of cooking, which, in his account, marked the beginning of medicine. Even if nowadays such an assertion is considered exaggerated, there is some truth in it. Apart from making foods more digestible, cooking actually increases the availability of some minerals (eg, iron). 2 However, cooking may also reduce the content of some nutrients, especially vitamins. 3, 4 Storage is another “discovery” of humans that has substantially improved their food intake. However, storage may also produce loss of nutrients. 3 This chapter offers a brief critical review of the effects of cooking and storage on the nutritional value of the hen egg.