Are instapots healthy?

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Are instapots healthy?

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answered 6 hours ago by Adambartlette3 (7,140 points)
Instapots are healthy as the high pressure, quick cooking process of the instapot preserves more of the heat sensitive vitamins and minerals, when compared to long term simmering or boiling of foods.

Instapots also require less added fat and oil and promote the intake of whole foods like grains and beans and also use non toxic, stainless steel or ceramic coated liners.

Because of the shorter cooking times and minimal usage of liquids, the vitamins in foods like vitamin C and folate are also preserved much better.

And the pressurized environment of the instapot cooks the food in it's own steam, which reduces the need for added fats or oils, which leads to healthy food.

Pressure cooking food and the instapot also breaks down antinutrients in legumes and grains, which makes them easier for you to digest.

The instapot is often high quality steel, which is considered safe for cooking and non toxic.

Although, while instapots are fast in cooking, the instapot also an make vegetables mushy and so the instapot is best for cooking tough cuts of meat, beans, stews and soups.

When using an instapot you also don't need as much water to cook in the instapot as you would need on a stove.

Instapots are perfect for healthy staple foods like lentils, brown rice, heart vegetables and quinoa as well as foods like chicken, beef, turkey and other meats.

Instapots also don't contain any PFAs.

As long as the food you're cooking in the instapot is healthy, the instapot will cook the food in a healthy way as well.

Instapots are much healthier to cook with than deep fryers are as deep fryers use oil, which can be unhealthy when you consume those foods too much.

But cooking the foods in the instapot with water or even broth makes for a much healthier food.

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