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Cooking a food doesn’t make it any more nutritious, but some cooked foods do have advantages over the uncooked varieties.
For example, lycopene, a phytonutrient in tomatoes which may offer protection from some cancers, is absorbed in the body better from cooked or processed tomatoes.
Similarly, carotenoids, a form of vitamin A found in red, yellow, orange and many dark-green leafy vegetables, are more available for absorption when cooked, as is lutein, a phytonutrient in corn.
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Some animals are herbivores, which means that they eat only plants
Some animals are carnivores, which means that they eat only meat
Some animals, called omnivores, eat both plants and animals.
Carnivores tend to have long canines which are used to rip and tear meat, sometimes in a scissors like action. In addition, carnivores have sharp molars toward the back of the mouth, used to further rip and shred meat.
Herbivores tend to have well-developed flat premolars and molars, often with sharp ridges on the tops. Generally herbivores do not have canine teeth, and their incisors are usually large and used to snip off foliage from branches.
Omnivores usually have a variety of all kinds of teeth. Humans, bears and raccoons are omnivores, since they eat all kinds of food (both meat and plant material) they need all kinds of teeth.
Humans generally have 32 permanent teeth in an adult mouth—16 in the upper jaw and 16 in the lower jaw. Incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. (and sometimes wisdom teeth) We're omnivores.
I like a wide variety of cooked and uncooked produce and grains. As well as beef, chicken, lamb, fish, etc. As natural as possible without breaking the bank in the process.