On 12/28/2011 07:23 AM, Peter Maxwell wrote:
> "One of the main reasons why eating raw diets is more likely to
> weight-loss is that raw foods contain higher levels of nutrients than
> cooked foods, so one doesn't need to eat as much as before to get
> enough nutrients each day."
>
> This may or may not be true, I don’t know, but studies that I have
> read have shown that we can absorb more nutrients from cooked food
> than from raw as the food is easier to break down. Pound for pound
> you will get more nutrients from cooked food than raw.
>
Cooking destroys nutrients and creates toxins. Then your digestion must
transform cooked back into raw so it can be used by your raw body.
Please post a link to that study so we can tear it to bits and step on
the pieces.
William