Show questions answered mrs S T when thoroughly chewed and given a proper place in the diet cheese is usually well digested experiments performed by the united states department of agriculture demonstrated that an average of 95 per cent of the protein and over 95 per cent of the fat of cheese were digested and absorbed mr B 31 G yes ye s cooking vegetables leads to a reduction of their energy values as well as mineral salts in general there is a reduction of from one third to one half of the carbohydrate after cooking in water frequent re heating cannot be recommended as thrice boiled vegetables contain little available carbohydrate and the greater part of their minerals and flavor is also lost Q C houston goudiss 1938 1933 9 |