I eat my beef raw to almost raw (rare, brown on the outside and 98.6 in the center) all the time. Its not unsafe as long as its stored correctly, and more nutritious, less heat damage to a lot of the aminos, and a lot of the really good vitamins leak out in the broth when you cook it. and the body digests it just fine. in fact, i recall that raw meat is the MOST efficiently digested thing by the human body. I'd have to read the book, but it sounds like wrangham, like many authors these days, takes a fine point about a few foodstuffs, and runs with it.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Alexander Hollins wrote: > >> well, yes, early colonials in the americas ran into the same issue with >> corn. but thats not ALL plants. > > Yes, as I said, Wrangham makes it clear that some plants are fine to eat > raw. > > As I said, some are more nutritious raw. > > Wrangham makes a strong case against eating raw meat, mainly because it is > unsafe, and also difficult to masticate and probably not as nutritious. Some > people pound it or grind it up to fix the mastication gap. Genghis Khan's > troops put it under their saddles while pounding crossing the steppes. They > ate it raw because they did not want to light fires and give away their > positions. (Those people were really, really good at soldiering!) I don't > think Wrangham mentioned raw fish (sushi and sashimi). I guess it is okay > since it is so widely consumed in Japan. I don't like it, myself. > > - Jed > >
