[pct-l] Caustions about no-cook-food

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Some hiker put food into a zip lock pack, soak with water and eat it . It
may be a rational technique of weight reduction, but the absorption rate of
nutrition will become low.  Cautions are needed from a viewpoint of
nutrition

I was just idling my job and read a special issue of appetite of Japanese
edition of Scientific American.  I was impressed by the article of  Richard
Wrangham. Therefore, I purchased his book entitled  "Catching Fire --- How
cooking made us human" ( Japanese translation) .

This book explained the cooking hypothesis about the theory of evolution in
detail. Very briefly, the burden of the digestive organs decreased,  and
the our brain able to became large,  since human beings cooked the food
using fire. Then, we had enough time for hunting, and exploring our outer
world, based on this hypothesis. The scientific basis of digestion was also
studied to some extent. That is, probably, this hypothesis may be true for
some extent.

The important facts( for hiker ) are as follows:
The digestive rate of carbohydrate was :   cooked food 95%,  no-cooked
48-71%.
                       ( no-cooked  wheat 71%)

     ( no-cooked potato  51%

     ( no-cooked bananas 48% )

The digestive rate of protein:                    cooked egg 91-94%,
 no-cooked 51-65%.

When freeze dry food is used abundantly, the digestive rate will be
improved. But, I recommend the use of hot water to re-hydrate the dry food.

-- 
Sincerely
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