The energetic significance of cooking.
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Summary
The hypothesis that an important and consistent effect of cooking food is a rise in its net energy value is evaluated, and it is predicted that cooking had substantial evolutionary significance.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2009-10-01
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 188
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W2037694680
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15255649
Keywords
Food science, Starch, Food processing, Biology, Cooking methods
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