Question

When you boil vegetables, how does adding salt to the water cause nutrient loss?

Answer 1

The salt dissolves into the water, making the sodium carbohydrates become one with the food you are boiling, and also, killing nutrients.

Answer 2

When you boil vegetables, you destroy some essential nutrients and as a result you are not receiving all of the health benefits available in the vegetables.  The water, heat and time affect how the nutrients will be destroyed. Adding salt to the water when you boil vegetables will cause nutrient loss through breaking down of the vegetables' cell walls