Are raw food diet claims overcooked?

Eating only raw foods has emerged as a popular dietary trend. Proclaiming an emotive health message, it is enough to make you think twice before next adding heat to your food. But fear not because on the scales of health, there is little to tip the balance in either direction. In this podcast, I look at the claims made about raw food diets and put these into context for the many health benefits that cooking food offers. 

Links referred to in the podcast 

• USDA Nutrient Retention Database https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400535/Data/retn/retn06.pdf 
• Study on how cooking preserves antioxidant content of foods https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf072304b 
• Review of cooked and raw vegetable consumption and cancer risk http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/13/9/1422.long 
• Early life eating habits https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/obr.12658

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