What you eat is not always what you get. Our bodies are complex products of evolution - humanity spent most of its history being a hunter gatherer eating literally everything that could provide calories. It is only in the last 5000 years that we invented agriculture and shifted to what is essentially a significantly less diverse, grain-centric diet.
So, watch this video to understand how our body extracts nutrients from the food we eat, and what difference cooking techniques and food combinations make
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00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Protein
05:18 - Carbohydrate absorption
10:49 - Fats
12:58 - Vitamins
15:25 - Minerals
18:38 - How cooking methods affect nutrient availability
19:36 - How food combinations affect nutrient absorption
22:21 - Closing Summary
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