>
> Life is a struggle. If you don't eat sufficient energy, you die.


life is a gift , babies , trees etc don't have to struggle to grow, they
need to eat what is appropriate for their species ,only humans struggle for
their share of life because preciselly of this world view ...that is an
obstacle to the gratitude of being part of all.
do you know that the sun energy received by one square meter of earth is
enough to sustain the caloric needs of a human being for the year .? there
is plenty of energy around for all species to thrive and in fact the climax
of usable energy for us  is dependant totally on all the species thriving .

  This has
> nothing to do with diet choice - it's called physics. Insufficient energy
> content will kill you quicker than any other form of nutritional
deficiency.

since when cooking add calories to the food .? the experience of many who
eat only raw is that they need less foods .


> This remains true irrespective of whether food is abundant or not.
> Excepting predation, all animal populations grow in number to the limit of
> their food supply.

so mecanistic , some basic ecology could help you to to understand the food
web in a more wholistic way .you will learn between many other phenomenon
that animals regulate their population before they actually get deprived of
foods .

 >
> If cooking offers a survival advantage, its a foolish person who ignores
it.

and if it don't ? Is it truelly an advantage for the species ( and the other
species by the way )that human overpopulate the earth , survive and by pass
all the  systems of regulating  population and harmonising the food web ?
with your reasonning domestication of grains and animals or industrial
production of foods  have a tremendous survival advantage for our species
and it will be foolish to ignore it by going back to the very ineficient way
of hunter gatherers  ( that can only sustain a small population )


> > and that we improve our condition by doing so .

how do you know? have you ever eaten raw to compare .?

 It is better to be alive, in less than optimum health, than to be dead
because
> of our refusal to compromise our diet beliefs.

even if  for doing so you have to hold on tight on your arogance .?
you can eat raw and not be uptight about your choices .
jean-claude