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Wouldn't it only have tasted better as a result of evolution selecting for gene lines that preferred cooked food(more efficient calorie intake)?
by interator7 6y ago
Wouldn't it only have tasted better as a result of evolution selecting for gene lines that preferred cooked food(more efficient calorie intake)?
- vitus 6y agoNot necessarily! Due to chemical reactions, certain foods are sweeter, less bitter, and so forth when cooked. (e.g. onions caramelize, glucosinolates [0] in kale leach out when blanching) Evolution already predisposed us to like sugary foods (e.g. fruit) and dislike bitter ones [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucosinolate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucosinolate [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_taste_evolution#Toxins_as_the_primary_selective_force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_taste_evolution#Toxins_...