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The same thing should have applied to our ancestors
我们的祖先应该也是如此
when they ate their plant food cooked rather than raw.
吃熟食时 能比生食得到更多能量
Why would cooking food have given us more energy?
为什么烹煮过的食物能提供更多的能量
After all, the process of heating food does not
毕竟 加热食物的过程
increase the number of calories in it.
并不会造成食物内含热量的增加
This machine, the 1-million-pound stomach,
这台机器 价值百万英镑的"胃"
could hold the answer.
能给出答案
It simulates the process of breaking down our food,
它模拟食物在我们消化系统内
as it goes through our digestive system.
被分解的过程
It's designer is Doctor Martin Wickham.
它的设计者是马丁·维克汉姆博士
He's using it to discover
他用这台机器来研究
how our gut responds to cooked food.
我们的内脏怎样应对被烹煮过的食物
In this case, a starch-filled potato.
这次的实验对象是淀粉含量丰富的马铃薯
