Are questions about [nutrition](http://health.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/nutrition) on topic? Example: > Question: To what extent does the cooking time impact the nutritional > content when boiling potatoes? > > Body: I wonder to what extent the cooking time impacts the > nutritional content when boiling unpeeled potatoes with unsalted > water. > > http://www.livestrong.com/article/340060-does-boiling-potatoes-reduce-their-vitamins/ > says: > > > Boiling potatoes whole in their skins minimizes the amount of vitamin C that is lost. According to the Food and Agriculture > Organization of the United Nations, boiling unpeeled potatoes results > in losses of up to 30 percent of vitamin C, but boiling peeled > potatoes can cause losses of up to 40 percent. About 2 percent of the > vitamin B-6 is lost due to boiling potatoes, as well as about 23 > percent of the thiamine. A 3.5-ounce serving of potato boiled in the > skin provides 22 percent of the daily value for vitamin C, but boiled > peeled potatoes provide only 12 percent. Peeling potatoes before > boiling can also increase vitamin B-6 losses, with unpeeled boiled > potatoes containing 15 percent of the DV per 3.5-ounce serving and > peeled boiled potatoes containing only 13 percent of the DV. There is > no difference in thiamine content between peeled and unpeeled boiled > potatoes. > > but does not mention the impact of the cooking time.