Why Do We Cook the Things We Eat?
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We have several reasons for doing this. The first and most important reason to us is that the application of heat to food makes it more easy to digest. Other reasons are that when cooked our food is more palatable; the process of cooking kills all microbes, which, if taken into our bodies alive, would give us diseases, and also it is easier for us to chew food that has been cooked.
WONDERS PERFORMED BY ELECTRIC LIFT MAGNET
This picture shows the construction of a successful electric lift magnet. This device, by means of magnetic attraction, fastens itself to practically all kinds of iron and steel without the aid of slings, cables or chains.