Cooking vegetables can rob them of their nutrients, and proponents of a raw food diet say that eating vegetables and fruits without any processing or cooking gives us more energy, better skin, better digestion, and a lower risk of heart disease and cancer. But not all vegetables should be eaten raw, and in the case of some vegetables, nutrient absorption is improved after cooking. Apart from this, eating raw vegetables can cause stomach infection. Which can play havoc with your health. Let us know which are those vegetables which should not be eaten raw.
Always blanch the colocasia leaves in hot water before using them in your diet. The same rule applies to spinach and kale. Blanch them in hot water as they are associated with high oxalate levels, which are reduced upon blanching.
Cabbage is notorious for harboring tapeworms and tapeworm eggs, some of these tapeworms have survived some of the harshest pesticides and insecticides, so washing your vegetables is too mild for them. Blanch the cabbage in hot water and then cook it well before eating it.
Mushrooms should always be eaten cooked or boiled. If you want, you can also grill it. There is a risk of stomach infection by eating raw mushrooms.
Remove the seeds from the capsicum and run it under hot water, as the seeds can also house the eggs of tapeworms, which survive inside the fruit.
Brinjal should never be eaten raw. Due to this, you may have problems with abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness and cramps. Solanine found in brinjal causes gas problems due to neurological and gastrointestinal problems.