Food dehydrator questions?

1. will it take out the nutritional value and the enzymes and the things inside of the fruit or vegetable. i was reading a raw food recipe and it said to dehydrate mushrooms for 2 hours at 105 degrees. that is like almost taking out all the nutritions isnt it??



2. im going into a raw fruit and vegetable diet. will i need a dehydrator?



3.can you dehydrate any fruit and vegetable??



4.will it waste a lot of money on electricity since it runs for like hours...Food dehydrator questions?
You can dehydrate just about any fruit or vegetable. However, some fruits, like avocado, are not good to dry because of their high fat content. Some vegetables, like sweet potato, should be steamed first to soften them. Generally, if you eat the fruit or vegetable raw, then it can be dried. Cooking foods, especially boiling, baking and cooking them, can reduce vitamions and minerals by up to 75%. Drying them does not lose as much typically less trhan 50%, see the link below on dried fruit and nutrition loss. Lastly, food dehydrators only cost about 6-8 cents per hour to use, depending on where you live. You can estimate your potential cost via the calculator link.





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http://www.food-dehydrator.com/food-dehy鈥?/a>Food dehydrator questions?
1. it removes the water, and water has no nutrients

2. doubt it

3. well, most of them should work fine

4. it isn't wasteful if you are using it to prepare food for storageFood dehydrator questions?
yeah, don't go dehydrating fruits that is mostly made up of water like WATERmelon lol...or you can try it and see what happens.