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Water Based Meals — How Eastern Food Traditions Support Gut Balance
Read time: 4 minutes

1. Understanding Water-Based Cooking and Why Your Gut Might Thank You
At its core, water-based cooking just means using water, broth, or stock instead of oil and high heat to make your meals. Think steaming, poaching, simmering, and slow boiling—basically, the gentle stuff.

Now, here’s why that matters: when food gets grilled or fried at high temps, it can form compounds like acrylamides and AGEs (Advanced Glycation End-products), which are linked to inflammation.