tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885980332100057454.post295850060275414961..comments2023-09-22T09:19:28.502-07:00Comments on Fatty Goes Running: How a Fatty changed his dietJake "The Fatty"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03179361202549394750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885980332100057454.post-60196786110442367452010-10-23T09:19:20.678-07:002010-10-23T09:19:20.678-07:00It's funny that you posted that link because y...It's funny that you posted that link because your post reminded me of a book that I read for my Food and Culture class. It's called Catching Fire (How Cooking Made Us Human) and it basically talks about how the control of fire and cooking is what led us to be solely walkers, be taller, be bigger brained, and have smaller teeth/digestive tract. We get more energy from cooked food than we can from raw food for many, many reasons, but primarily because raw food is usually only digested a fraction of the amount by the time it gets to our large intestine than it would have been had it been cooked. By the time food gets to our large intestine, bacteria and what not are getting the energy from the food and we get almost nothing. <br /><br />SO. That study was presented as a way to prove this--even though they all ate 2000 calories (or sometimes more), they all lost a staggering amount of weight. I'm not saying that you should go to the raw food diet (there are a lot of problems with it since we biologically can NOT get enough energy from a solely raw diet--50% of women who eat a predominately or solely raw food diet stop menstruating), but incorporating more raw foods instead of cooking all your veggies would definitely help!<br /><br />(Also, you should read that book. It's awesome.)brazzandradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840104340615913570noreply@blogger.com