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IIRC the thinking is that you need less intestine if your food is cooked. So less internal upkeep costs, less internal risk of stuff getting stuck, infected, et
by lordnacho 6y ago
IIRC the thinking is that you need less intestine if your food is cooked. So less internal upkeep costs, less internal risk of stuff getting stuck, infected, etc.
You're also less likely to catch a parasite if you cook stuff, that would be a caloric catastrophe.
Also cooking stuff allows you to share costs with other people. One big fire for everyone, nobody needs their own extra capacity.
- jiggawatts 6y agoFrom what I read, the #1 thing is that if you eat "paleo" food, then cooking it nearly doubles the net caloric intake. That's huge! For "modern" foods that have undergone thousands of years of selection to improve palatability, the difference is not so big, but still, a common dieting technique is to eat more uncooked food, because it reduces the effective calorie intake.