Don't cut your carrots too soon

mmm...moral? "Don't cut your carrots until they are cooked."

BBC NEWS | Health | Cancer boost from whole carrots:

"...anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows.

Scientists found 'boiled before cut' carrots contained 25% more of the anti-cancer compound falcarinol than those chopped up first."

Why?

"Lead researcher Dr Kirsten Brandt, from Newcastle University's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, said: "Chopping up your carrots increases the surface area so more of the nutrients leach out into the water while they are cooked.

"By keeping them whole and chopping them up afterwards you are locking in nutrients and the taste, so the carrot is better for you all round.""