• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    13 days ago

    I remember listening to this biologist talking about how cooking meat was a big step in us becoming the dominant species in the world as digesting cooked meat requires less energy than digesting raw meat, the cooking already breaks the larger proteins. Because of this, less meat gives more energy, allowing more energy available for our brain.

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      11 days ago

      Cooking almost any raw food makes more nutrients readily absorbable, not just meat.

      Not to mention killing harmful microorganisms will help you and your tribe live longer.