Does Microwaving Veggies Kill the Nutrients?

The best way to get noticed in the world now is through the internet media.  Many websites post new stories on their home pages trying to get consumers to read them if the headline catches their eye.  That’s exactly what Shape magazine did.  They posted an article entitled “Does microwaving kill the nutrients?”  The headline caught my attention because I along with many others am concerned with my health.  Plus, they posted the article on the Yahoo! homepage in the middle of the screen that scrolls through all of the top news stories for the day.  The benefits of posting it there are that it has the possibility to grab the viewer’s attention more by having color and having a catchy headline with only a teaser of what the article is about, whereas, a newspaper would be in black and white and is easily skimmed over.  

Right off the bat the article asks the headline questions and instantly tells the reader that microwaves do NOT kill nutrients.  This immediately satisfies the reader’s worries about what they have been eating for their whole life.  With this out of the way, the author focuses more on the positive effects of microwaves and teaching the reader how to get proper nutrients from vegetables.  

This method is a very effective way to raise people’s awareness about how to better take care of themselves.  It scares them into reading an article that they might have otherwise just skimmed over and just thought that microwaves were the best thing ever made.  Now the reader knows exactly what ways they can benefit from boiling, microwaving, or sautéing vegetables.  Also, with this internet article, it includes related stories with links in the article.  Those headlines could lead to the viewer learning even more to make him healthier. 

 http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/does-microwaving-veggies-kill-nutrients-190700707.html