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Just Eat an Apple
Fall 2002

Raw Food
One of Your Keys to Outstanding Health
by Wes Peterson

A kitchen where one cooks, is nothing more than a chemical laboratory producing millions of completely new chemical substances that have basically never existed in the wild, and if they did, then it was only occasionally and by accident. Cooking randomly produces millions of different sugar and protein combinations called Maillard molecules. These molecules are the precursors of heterocyclic amines*, which form in certain foods when cooked at high temperatures. These latter compounds are known to be mutagenic.

Throughout most of our evolutionary history, the time before processed food became commonplace, human beings had never ingested the amount of Maillard molecules that we do today. The recent (in terms of the time Homo sapiens has been on earth) introduction of dairy products and grains has brought new chemical substances into our diet within a very short period of time.

Key Points regarding the Effects of Cooking on Food and Health

*"Heterocyclic amines (HAs) are small molecules formed when components of food proteins and creatine/creatinine (compounds in muscle) exposed to high heat... Beef, chicken, pork and fish prepared in these ways are the main contributors of HA intake." (As quoted in Heterocyclic Amines in Foods and Their Implications o Health). For more information visit: http://www.beef.org/documents/Heterocyclic%20Amines.pdf

**"Homocysteine is an amino acid that is found normally in the body. If a person is relatively deficient in folic acid, Vitamin B6, or Vitamin B12, there will be an increase in the level of homocysteine. Recent studies suggest that high blood levels of this substance may increase a person's chances of developing heart disease, stroke and reduced blood flow to the hands and feet. Homocysteine is thought to promote atherosclerosis by directly damaging the artery and by reducing the integrity of the vessel wall, by making the blood more likely to clot, as well as by interfering in the formation of collagen (the main protein in bone). (As quoted in Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Health). For more information visit: http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Heart/heart_homocysteine.htm

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