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Raw fruit is fine, veggies not really. Many contain substances that should deter animals from eating them. The digestibility of veggies usually increases when t
by scns 7y ago
Raw fruit is fine, veggies not really. Many contain substances that should deter animals from eating them. The digestibility of veggies usually increases when they are cooked.
wheat contains Phytic acid for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid
which can be reduced with the correct dough process.
The beta-carotene in carrots is fat soluble and the cells are pretty robust, so you get more out of them if you cook them in fat.
Champignons contain a mild poison, which is not deadly for humans but destroyed when heated, digestibility increases too.
- makeszerosense3 7y agoIf heat is required to consume something, it's a sign you should not be eating it.
- fpoling 7y agoThe is good evidence to suggest that human ancestors started to use fire to cook meat and/or starchy vegetables more than million of years ago. It is enough for evolutionary adaptation. There are even suggestions that it was cooking by opening untapped sources of calories that allowed for a bigger brain to evolve.
- sambal 7y agoThese sorts of completely out-of-left-field’s-left-field beliefs absolutely fascinate me, I’m not being disingenuous here. Are you part of a proper subculture that engages with this? If so, where do you all hang out, what do you read?