COOKED OR IRRADIATED ONLY: Proponents of irradiation point out that irradiation is no worse in this respect than cooking. IRRADIATED ONLY: However, this fact is either beside the point, since much irradiated food is eaten raw, BOTH: or else misleading, since for food that is both irradiated and cooked, the reduction of vitamin B1 associated with either process individually is compounded proponenst suggest that vitamin reduction is inevitable now that people cook, but they don't say irradiation can reduce further. |