People have been cooking food for as long as they've been people - and for almost as long other people have been pushing against it.Will tells Rod the history and science of raw food evangelists!The Wholesome Show is Dr Will Grant and Dr Rod Lamberts, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!SourcesBismark Daily Tribune: Apostle of Raw Food Explains Sect: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042242/1913-10-09/ed-1/seq-3/Carnivor Aurelius on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlpacaAurelius/status/1175851010977337344?lang=enEncyclopedia.com: Szekely, Edmond Bordeaux (?-1980) https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/szekely-edmond-bordeaux-1980 Edmond Bordeaux Szekely: The Essene Gospels of Peace: http://www.thenazareneway.com/index_essene_gospels_of_peace.htmDiscover Magazine: Archaeologists Find Earliest Evidence of Humans Cooking With Fire https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/archaeologists-find-earliest-evidence-of-humans-cooking-with-fireGlikson, A., Fire and human evolution: The deep-time blueprints of the Anthropocene. Anthropocene (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2014.02.002 LA Weekly: L.A. HAS BEEN EATING RAW VEGAN FOOD SINCE 1918, THANKS TO THIS COMMUNIST, FEMINIST ANGELENO https://www.laweekly.com/l-a-has-been-eating-raw-vegan-food-since-1918-thanks-to-this-communist-feminist-angeleno/McGee, H. On Food and Cooking.National Cancer Institute: Chemicals in Meat Cooked at High Temperatures and Cancer Risk https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/cooked-meats-fact-sheetNew York Times: Chimpanzees Would Cook if Given the Chance, Research Says https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/chimpanzees-can-cook-a-mean-potato-research-says.htmlOgden, Utah Standard Magazine: Love and Raw Potatoes https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1915-08-07/ed-1/seq-9/Restaurant-ing through history: Back to nature: The Eutropheon https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2014/02/02/back-to-nature-the-eutropheon/amp/Terrence Twomey (2013). The Cognitive Implications of Controlled Fire Use by Early Humans. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 23, pp 113-128 doi:10.1017/S0959774313000085 Wikipedia: Bernarr Macfadden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernarr_MacfaddenWikipedia: Herbert M. Shelton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_M._SheltonWikipedia: Maximilian Bircher-Benner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Bircher-BennerWrangham, R., 2009. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human. Basic Books, New York 320 pp.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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