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From:	Just Me (24.7.175.132)
Subject:	To Benas re cooked vs. raw calories
Date:	January 29, 2012 at 7:56 pm PST

I just remembered this post of Luke's on the subject and thought you might find it helpful:

The amount of work your body does in digesting a meal
of raw fruits and vegetables is not as much as the
amount of work required to digest a typical cooked
food meal. This reduced work load means fewer calories
are used to digest raw fruits and vegetables. You get
more "bang for your buck" when you eat these foods, as
more fuel (calories) that you get from your food is
freed up for physical activity and the like.
If you take into your body more calories than you
need, you will predictably gain weight. Lower the
amount of calories you consume, be more active, or
accept that weight gain is going to continue if you
continue to eat more calories than you need.

Luke

[this was in response to someone gaining unwanted weight; I know that isn't your situation, but thought his explanation re cooked vs. raw was still very good]

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