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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
Things are certainly more complicated the more you find out. I recently watched a documentary about how cooked food imparts more calories than the same uncooked food. They had done experiments with animals and it appears that cooking the food allows us to gain more calories from it.
Anyway I am off to the gym anyway  |
I have also heard that in many cases lightly cooking vegetables allows us to gain more nutrients from the food too, though. So maybe the tradeoff of more calories is worth it.
I watched this a few weeks ago -- a documentary on the science of weight loss. Fascinating!
http://documentaryheaven.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-losing-weight/