Constance is making a vegetable soup that contains carrots,beans,water,salt,pepper,bits of ham,and onions.The soup has to cook for 4 hours.While the soup is cooking,what will happen to some of the minerals that are in its ingredients?
A)The relatively high temperature that is needed to cook the soup will destroy the iron,phosphorus,and sulfur in the vegetables.
B)Cooking the soup's ingredients for this extensive amount of time will enable the minerals to become antioxidants.
C)The minerals will leach out of the food and into the cooking water,becoming part of the soup in the process.
D)The minerals will leach out of the ham and vegetables and lose their natural bioavailability.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

When vegetables are cooked in water for a long time, some of their minerals can dissolve in the water and become part of the cooking liquid, which in this case is the soup. This process is known as leaching. Therefore, some of the minerals in the carrots, beans, onions, and ham will likely end up in the soup as a result of the cooking process.

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