Meat Science: To Cook or Not to Cook? The Raw Truth About Antioxidants in Raw and Cooked Meat and Fish.
Image 1: Now, that we know that meat is not bad for you. Let's get to the meat of the matter: Is raw meat better than cooked meat? "Eat Raw!" If its referring to peppers, tomatoes and salads, even the Vegan lobby won't disagree with this slogan, yet when it comes to eating raw meat, dairy and eggs, hell breaks lose. "Don't do that you will kill yourself!" is what you will hear even from respected scientists. Strangely, I am eating raw eggs and other raw stuff on a daily basis without noticing any detrimental health effects whatsoever. All bacteria-hysteria aside (this would be the topic for a whole new blogpost, cf. red info-box at the bottom), the idea that meat has to be cooked before it is eaten is actually counterintuitive . I do not want to bring up the "Look at the lion, does he cook his pray before savoring on his bloody prey?"-debate, but didn't you ever ask yourself, why the same pe...