In this episode, Stacy and Sarah discuss the prevailing debate about whether it is better to eat veggies raw or to cook them first.

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• Intro (0:00)

• Sarah is on summer break mode and the girls have been entertaining themselves!

• Afterall, her original hashtag is #morevegetablesthanavegetarian.

• Marin asks, "This podcast and you have truly changed my life for he better. I’ve been a listener for 3 years and totally binged listened before that! I Have cured so many things from acne to being able to live life like a boss with RA. Really appreciated you opening up about depression and it was helpful listening to you coming off meds and it wasn’t something you had to just add to this list of meds you’d take forever. I wish I have the time to list all the health things you’ve helped me through! Really appreciate the cool books too and you guys sharing all the recommendations. My question is can you break down or talk about raw vs cooked foods. This came up in looking at adding more veggies and some of the reading I found (vegan based) said it was better to eat more raw than cooked veggies. Is this really true? I just kinda figured veggies were veggies. Is it really that beneficial to consume more raw than cooked? One of the “rules “ was raw till 4. Thoughts? Thank you for all you and your teams do."

• 1. Fire and Cooking
  

• 1.5 million years ago.

• It costs us less energy to get the energy out of our food.

• Cooked food delivered more energy than raw, both meat and sweet potato.

• Mice showed a preference for cooked foods.

• Sarah strongly believes that micronutrient sufficiency is the primary criteria for a healthy diet.