Wrangham is alone in his field. Few others believe that cooking translated to brain growth and development.
Comment by Hilary Baumann on February 17, 2009 at 3:26pm
I knew this was going to get a rise out of some people which is why I didn't comment initially. I thought it would however get more than 2 comments after a day though. I was hoping for some comments with some well thought out comments though.
There IS some good info in that article too though:
"We're very bad at calorie-counting at the moment," Wrangham said. "Counting calories does not take into account the processibility of food."
Most people (I'm not talking raw foodists particularly) just count calories and not take into consideration what they are putting into their mouths. Also the additional energy needed to process raw foods and then the lower calorie content is probably one of several reasons so many people on a raw diet lose so much weight.
There was little supporting evidence for parts of the article however. Like where did they get this info:
"Half of all women eating exclusively raw foods become so thin that they stop menstruating, he said."
Are the numbers seriously that high? I know some people prefer to stop menstruating but is it really that healthy? If it is really half then how many is it on purpose (I think I saw someone say in a post that that was their goal) and how many is this just simple an unexpected result.
yeah.. i was told it was nothing to worry about.... I have one between my breasts, dark bright red pinprick, just showed up one day. it's just the end of a capillary, although, i was worried about circulation etc.... I was told they are always the...
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Charles Need a raw vegan version of the phrase "Ain't no thing but a chicken wing."
You can always ask a produce dept. employee at Whole Foods to cut one open so you can try it before you waste your money. It's store policy to let people sample things:)
but just becouse we were tampered with does not mean that we came from microscopic ethers. We had form, body and a brain, simple tampering was neccessary to tame wild beasts that we were then in order to domesticate us..........and to make faithfu...
not me neither, for one no tv here, two I remember the last time that dull show was on and boring as hell( and I heard it is just as bad as last one ). Plus I am with Barron, I watched enough of shapeshifting Bushes, Clintons, Gores, Gulianies, to...
I need a mango now more than ever.
This year has been the worst mango season I've ever seen :( Honey mangos were sad with light colored flesh that held little flavor...Kent mangos...don't even make me go there.
Last year was an AMAZING mango yea...
This was the one in the Santa Ynez Valley, which is near Santa Barbara. I did have a wonderful time! Met so many amazing people! I didn't volunteer though. I actually took a plane from Toronto by myself, but synchronistically met a lot of amazing ...
hey im just wondering if anyone has suggestions of names for a raw cafe. i plan on owning/starting up a cafe/restaurant in the future but i have no idea what would be a good name.
if anyone has suggestions/ random ideas please blurt them out.
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