system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why does meat usually taste better when it's cooked?
gpt
Cooking is a way of outsourcing digestion. The heat breaks down the proteins and carbohydrates so your body doesn't have to. Carmelization of those carbohydrates produces a more pleasing flavor. The proteins become denatured and natural enzymes that might spoil it get destroyed.