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Raw vs. Cooked veggies – which is better?

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3 Responses to “Raw vs. Cooked veggies – which is better?”

  1. Kirk Ehgard says:

    December 14th, 2009 at 6:18 am

    There is healing power in poetry:

    Corduroy

    I want to visit
    the corduroy planet
    I know it’s out there
    somewhere, if not
    in the milky way,
    then in the cuddly way

    I’m in love
    with my corduroy jacket
    wrapped around me
    like a hug on a little boy
    when he needs it most.

    corduroy is teddy bear skin
    corduroy is like the soft side
    of every man before he grows
    into something coarse.

    I want to visit
    the corduroy planet
    I know the beings there are kind
    I know the soldiers there
    all carry toy guns
    and their marching
    makes a funny sound.

  2. Joe Cascio says:

    January 10th, 2010 at 5:33 am

    I have an ongoing “discussion” with a friend of mine who is a holistic health counselor about raw vs cooked. I’m in your camp when it comes to the actual nutritional value of what we eat. Humans evolved to eat cooked food. We gain more calories and vitamins from food after cooking has broken it down.

    But sometimes I think this very fact, in today’s society, makes raw food “healthy” from an obesity avoidance point of view. In our evolutionary past, the problem was getting enough calories to survive and reproduce. But now, our problem is too many calories. So, from that somewhat backwards perspective, could eating raw foods actually be “healthy” in that it results in a lower caloric intake?

  3. The Doc says:

    January 10th, 2010 at 10:45 am

    The ability of the human to digest the fiber prevents us from getting the most out of vegetables. But cooking them a bit allows our body to get at the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients in the vegetables. So a bit of light cooking is fine for vegetables.

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