Ydlmgtwtily OP t1_je05f05 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:48 PM

Reply to comment by Patagonia202020 in Is there a quantifiable benefit to cooking food? by Ydlmgtwtily

Thanks, excellent detail, and a lot for me to take away here.

Still, it's very much qualitative rather than quantative. My engineer brain wants to come away with a formula I could apply to cooking a steak in order to quantify the benefit of cooking in a perfect scenario.

Patagonia202020 t1_je11xq1 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:20 PM

Look into calorimetry and nutritional analysis. It may very well be that you could with the right equipment and to a useful extent, develop some math around this. I’m sure others have!

For me, I’ve noticed the higher the volume of raw fruits and veggies I eat, the fitter I am, regardless of calories consumed. Haven’t tried it with raw meat tho 😅