[pct-l] Caustions about no-cook-food

[Tortoise]

I read several articles about food and nutrition and that article Scientific American. Also people vary in their ability to absorb nutrients from their food. there are also differences in the way various fats and carbohydrates are metabolized by the body. Diet and nutrition are far more complicated than the nutrient continent of the food one eats.

Tortoise

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> On Nov 6, 2013, at 3:58, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Some hiker put food into a zip lock pack, soak with water and eat it . It
> may be a rational technique of weight reduction, but the absorption rate of
> nutrition will become low.  Cautions are needed from a viewpoint of
> nutrition
> 
> I was just idling my job and read a special issue of appetite of Japanese
> edition of Scientific American.  I was impressed by the article of  Richard
> Wrangham. Therefore, I purchased his book entitled  "Catching Fire --- How
> cooking made us human" ( Japanese translation) .
> 
> This book explained the cooking hypothesis about the theory of evolution in
> detail. Very briefly, the burden of the digestive organs decreased,  and
> the our brain able to became large,  since human beings cooked the food
> using fire. Then, we had enough time for hunting, and exploring our outer
> world, based on this hypothesis. The scientific basis of digestion was also
> studied to some extent. That is, probably, this hypothesis may be true for
> some extent.
> 
> The important facts( for hiker ) are as follows:
> The digestive rate of carbohydrate was :   cooked food 95%,  no-cooked
> 48-71%.
>                       ( no-cooked  wheat 71%)
> 
>     ( no-cooked potato  51%
> 
>     ( no-cooked bananas 48% )
> 
> The digestive rate of protein:                    cooked egg 91-94%,
> no-cooked 51-65%.
> 
> When freeze dry food is used abundantly, the digestive rate will be
> improved. But, I recommend the use of hot water to re-hydrate the dry food.
> 
> -- 
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