Cooking clue to human dietary diversity

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¹ Department of Bioclinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Health Sciences Complex Jabriya, PO Box 24923, Kuwait City, Safat 13110, Kuwait. peterwlucas@gmail.com

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Peter W Lucas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011.

. 2011 Nov 29;108(48):19101-2.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116813108. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

¹ Department of Bioclinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Health Sciences Complex Jabriya, PO Box 24923, Kuwait City, Safat 13110, Kuwait. peterwlucas@gmail.com

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The author declares no conflict of interest.

Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing.
Carmody RN, Weintraub GS, Wrangham RW. Carmody RN, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 29;108(48):19199-203. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112128108. Epub 2011 Nov 7. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011. PMID: 22065771 Free PMC article.

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