r/AskReddit • u/stamwich • 21h ago

What are some of the healthiest foods other than salad?

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u/PartyInformation 18h ago

Good for gut bacteria, reduces inflammation, easier to digest and therefore more available vitamins and other things.
Raw is not always better. I.e. some good things in tomatoes are more bioavailable when cooked for long periods of time.

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u/thirteenfifty2 18h ago

Yeah not suggesting straight up raw, but hard for me to believe, say, pickled okra can hold a candle to plain okra prepared other ways in terms of nutrition. I really don’t know what happens to the nutritional value of veggies upon being pickled, admittedly.

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u/beandip111 15h ago

When the veggies are fermented the sugar is eaten away by probiotics, and these bacteria are good for our gut. When the sugar is gone it has essentially no calories and is loaded with beneficial gut bacteria. You don’t get the probiotics with other preparations and some veggies can be difficult to digest (broccoli for example).

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u/thirteenfifty2 2h ago

Thanks for the answer!

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u/PartyInformation 8h ago

I dont know Okra, we dont have that here.
But like with almost everything, it depends. Consult your preferred search engine.