Cooking for Health: Crafting Balanced Meals Without Heating Oil

In my second week, I started cooking for everyone. We have a special plan for what we eat, using a lot of vegetables from the garden, such as homegrown zucchini, pumpkins, and potatoes. We ensure that everything is easily digestible and that we can utilize and absorb the nutrients efficiently.

We do not heat oil; instead, we cook, steam, and bake our food. Heating oil destroys valuable vitamins and fatty acids. Unsaturated fatty acids can be transformed into harmful substances, such as the potentially carcinogenic acrolein. Therefore, oils with a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as flaxseed oil, hemp oil, walnut oil, or wheat germ oil, should never be used for heating. These oils can be used cold.

To keep our diet as balanced as possible, we make sure to provide our bodies with proteins, fats, vitamins, and carbohydrates. For example:

• Salad & vegetables (from the garden) = Vitamins
• Millet / potatoes / rice = Carbohydrates
• Beans or eggs = Proteins
• raw Nuts / olive oil = Fats

For a healthy lifestyle, it is essential to provide the body with all the necessary nutrients. A balanced diet is just as important as exercise and sleep.

By Sarah K.