> learning about instincto eating?  Also, does anyone know of
> any data or convincing arguments for including some cooked
> foods in your diet?

In the wild state, the most important component of diet is energy content, and
all free ranging creatures adopt strategies to maximise their access to it.
For humans, cooking plays an important role, as it enables them to eat and
extract energy from sources which are inedible or poisonous in the raw state,
thus improving their chances of survival. Some people believe that all cooked
food is inherently evil, but they are missing the point, as eating any food
is always a trade off between the nutriment you extract from it, and the
price you pay in consuming it. It is useless to complain that no other
creatures eat their food cooked - humans are top of the food chain precisely
because they are not like any other creature. As far as I'm aware, no
primitive tribe has ever been found that eats only raw food, just as none has
been found that are vegetarian. For some interesting ideas, try googling for

"optimal foraging theory"

and

"expensive tissue hypothosis"

Ancient cooking hearths of great antiquity have been found, raising the
question of an evolved response to cooked food. I seem to recall some debate
on this list a long time ago - I'm not sure how far back the archives go.