June 5, 2008

Numbers Game: Friendly Fire

Researchers at England’s Institute of Food Research concluded that our bodies absorb ____________ times more betacarotene from cooked carrots than raw carrots.

(NOTE: “Cooked” mainly refers to steaming, which retains more nutrients than boiling).

a) 85%
b) 500%

c) 275%

d) 100%


Leave your guess in the "comments" section and come back on Monday for the answer.

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