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Yogurt and cottage cheese: do they lose nutrition value when cooked?

I don't really like raw yogurt and cottage cheese etc., so I try and eat it in recipes - such as pancakes, etc. But I am wondering: when the yogurt and cottage cheese are cooked with heat - does that destroy the special qualities of the food? Same with milk? Thanks.

Public Comments

1. Nearly anything that is cooked loses at least some nutritional value. When speaking of liquids such as milk and many dairy products, the heat will cause the liquid to become a gas and to some extent nutrients will be lost in that evaporation process. Instead of using them as ingredients in something like pancakes, perhaps try a recipe that doesn't involve too much heat. Make your own frozen yogurt. Either way, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
2. Possibly some B vitamins, but apart from that, I don't think there's much that would be lost. Milk has little or no vitamin C anyway (the other major nutrient damaged by cooking).