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Why are we able to eat rare steak but not 'rare chicken'? (zerobytes.monster)
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The original post: /r/askscience by /u/Ok_Engineering_138 on 2024-10-25 16:58:21.

I'm trying to understand why our body can safely consume and digest rare steak but a chicken has to be cooked fully or you risk food poisoning and infection. Is this an evolutionary thing? Like did we evolve eating red meats and became immune to the pathogens commonly found in it?

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