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> Paleogal wrote:
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>> I believe cooking evolved us for one simple reason. Nutrients become more 
>> bio-available when cooked.

I should have stated the evidence of nutrient bioavailability in greens, 
specifically.    Brain evolution/expansion.

>
> Au contraire. Consider the evils of pasteurized milk, compared to raw. 
> There's also Mercola's comments on the nasties created by cooking meat.

Paleo man didn't drink milk.

The neuro protection is in nutrient bioavailability of B-complex.  That's 
veggies and of course fruit but why cook fruit and destroy C.?  Paleo man 
would have cooked his meat if given the opportunity. It's tastier, warmer, 
juicier, etc.  I know I would have done so.

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>
>> I also can imagine that cooking came into existence with a bolt of 
>> lighting that started a fire. Oliva
>>
>>
> IIRC There isn't any story that indicates that Thor was ever concerned 
> about cooking.
> I prefer evil space aliens seducing Eve, maybe a variant of Z. Sitchin's 
> "The Twelfth Planet".

I've never read it.


>
> William
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