Okay, but in paleolithic times, absorbing the sugar would be a good
thing. The more energy the better. So, if cooking improved the
absorbability of sugar, then it's likely that, once discovered, cooking
vegetables would have been selected for.
Erik
On Saturday, June 8, 2002, at 10:15 AM, Mary wrote:
> EXACTLY! so why cook? I'd rather NOT absorb all that sugar!!!
>
>> Actually, cooking certain vegetables makes the carbohydrates (sugar)
>> more
>> absorbable. An example of this is carrots -- raw carrots do not effect