spiritbird
01-10-2016, 11:40 PM
I was reading about nutrition for our birds on the link I posted the other day. This web page is loaded with information gathered from research. I have been serving carrots raw. Just put one in the cage and in a few hours my birds have it looking like an orange pencil. The author wrote that some veggies are best cooked and not served raw like a carrot. Steaming is the method recommended.
" some vegetables are better cooked—the beta-carotene content in carrots increases in cooking and cruciferous vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts) loose their thyroid inhibiting qualities when heated. Steaming is the best means of cooking, but boiling can be considered as long as the vegetables are not cooked to a mush. When boiling, use the same water to cook brown rice, whole grain pasta or pulses, which the birds relish"
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" some vegetables are better cooked—the beta-carotene content in carrots increases in cooking and cruciferous vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts) loose their thyroid inhibiting qualities when heated. Steaming is the best means of cooking, but boiling can be considered as long as the vegetables are not cooked to a mush. When boiling, use the same water to cook brown rice, whole grain pasta or pulses, which the birds relish"
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