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Do not use tap water for cooking

(People's Daily Online)

13:32, July 30, 2012

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Edited and translated by Du Mingming, People's Daily Online

People usually use tap water for cooking, which is unscientific. Tap water contains chlorine, a substance that can destroy vitamin B1 in food by nearly one third during the cooking process. If we use boiled water, such loss can be avoided.

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