In a recent article in The Economist, reporting on a scientific convention in Chicago, they noted that humans have evolved to prefer cooked and maybe now, processed food. Many more calories are expended to digest raw food, including raw vegetables. Our brains have grown and our abdomens have shrunk — yes, really! — because cooked meats have more calories. Our body requirements are fewer to digest cooked and processed food.
And now, it’s hypothesized that our brains now prefer cooked and may even prefer processed food. Well, I may crave a bag of crunchy style Cheetos, but I feel awful if I indulge. Will we evolve to be healhier and stronger one day, living on solely processed food?
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It takes a Renaissance woman to cover the cool, shocking, tasty, thought-provoking things on this planet. Tamar started life as a professional violinist; she was the youngest girl to solo with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. After becoming a criminal defense attorney in Baltimore, she discovered a world beyond classical music and courthouses. Perhaps it was when she was on TV with celebs Bill Maher and Peter Frampton. Possibly, it was after she judged the Roadkill Cookoff or the International Water Tasting Festival. Tamar is a Kentucky Colonel and has managed several Southern rock and alt-country bands.Tamar has traveled around the world; let her help you guide you to the special places to go and the fabulous things to bring there and bring back home!
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