Which is best? Eat almond raw or soaked or cooked or roasted?

Question

Please let me know what is best way to get maximum nutrition out of almond for a person with no so strong power of digestion. Does almond loose the nutition if cooked or roasted?

Thanks

Answer 1

Cooking always removes some nutrients from foods.

Raw is best. Almonds are probably one of the best foods on Earth.

Chock full of nutrients.

Eat them raw if you can.

Answer 2

well apparently by cooking or roasting nuts it changed the fat/oil structure. from good fat to bad fat. always eat raw.  

Answer 3

1 oz (28 g) Raw Almonds Compared to Roasted Almonds



Proximates Raw Roasted

Water 1.49 g 0.74 g

Energy 164 kcal 169 kcal

Total lipid (fat) 14.36 g 14.98 g

Lipids

Fatty acids, total saturated 1.1 g 1.147 g

4:00 0 g 0 g

6:00 0 g 0 g

8:00 0 g 0 g

10:00 0 g 0 g

12:00 0 g 0 g

14:00 0 g 0 g

15:00 0 g 0 g

16:00 0.907 g 0.945 g

17:00 0 g 0 g

18:00 0.194 g 0.202 g

20:00 0 g 0 g

22:00 0 g 0 g

24:00:00 0 g 0 g

Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 9.116 g 9.542 g

14:01 0 g 0 g

16:1 undifferentiated 0.066 g 0.071 g

13:00 0 g 0 g

18:1 undifferentiated 9.05 g 9.471 g

20:01 0 g 0 g

22:1 undifferentiated 0 g 0 g

24:1 c 0 g 0 g

Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 3.463 g 3.586 g

18:2 undifferentiated 3.463 g 3.586 g

18:3 undifferentiated 0 g 0 g

18:04 0 g 0 g

20:2 n-6 c,c 0 g 0 g

20:3 undifferentiated 0 g 0 g

20:4 undifferentiated 0 g 0 g

20:5 n-3 0 g 0 g

22:5 n-3 0 g 0 g

22:6 n-3 0 g 0 g



USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18 (2005) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/se...

Answer 4

roasted