Does Microwave Ruin Vegetables. It’s been said that microwaving kills all, or most, existing nutrients in food. This time, without fear of losing vitamins, minerals and so on.

That's because the longer food cooks, the more nutrients tend to break down, and microwave cooking takes less time. It’s been said that microwaving kills all, or most, existing nutrients in food. And boiling vegetables is more likely to rob them of nutrients than either cooking them in the oven or microwaving them.