The same thing should have applied to our ancestors
我們的祖先應該也是如此
when they ate their plant food cooked rather than raw.
吃熟食時 能比生食得到更多能量
Why would cooking food have given us more energy?
為什么烹煮過的食物能提供更多的能量
After all, the process of heating food does not
畢竟 加熱食物的過程
increase the number of calories in it.
并不會造成食物內含熱量的增加
This machine, the 1-million-pound stomach,
這臺機器 價值百萬英鎊的"胃"
could hold the answer.
能給出答案
It simulates the process of breaking down our food,
它模擬食物在我們消化系統內
as it goes through our digestive system.
被分解的過程
It's designer is Doctor Martin Wickham.
它的設計者是馬丁·維克漢姆博士
He's using it to discover
他用這臺機器來研究
how our gut responds to cooked food.
我們的內臟怎樣應對被烹煮過的食物
In this case, a starch-filled potato.
這次的實驗對象是淀粉含量豐富的馬鈴薯