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

[Diane Soini]

No need to worry about my no-cook foods last August. They were all  
cooked, just dehydrated and then eaten cold. I think all of  
Shroomer's "no cook" foods were technically cooked, too.


On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Caustions about no-cook-food
>
> 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.
>
> -- 
> Sincerely
> --------------- --------------------------------------
> Low Gear