Eating raw fruits and vegetables isn't the new fad diet, or the new South Beach Diet. Believe it or not, humans have been eating this way long before they were eating processed junky foods. We didn't have access to most types of foods. We were scavengers, picking fruits and eating vegetables were a delicacy. Nuts were also eaten for protein. It was either that or starve. Humans ate these fruits as is, no additives, no cooking. One and a half million years ago we learned how to cook. So for a half million years we ate the food raw, as it was intended. We are the only animals on the planet that cook their food. Eating meat doubled the caloric intake of man, which made it easier to hunt and have enough energy to do what needs to be done.
Today, we have access to every type of food we want at our fingertips. We can order Oolong tea (which must be handpicked on cliffs in china) from the internet. You would think that since we have come this far, we would be super human, so healthy we would be living 500 years. No so unfortunately. In fact, in some ways we actually have worse health now. Some of us are developing cancers at an early age. Some of us are dying of heart disease or obesity. We are not eating correctly. We are stuffing our face with hydrogenated oils, fake products, high sodium and sugary foods. It is simply disgusting. We are gaining weight at an alarming rate and looking horribly. It shows in the skin, sags of fat, sluggish attitude, depressed look, lack of sexual drive, etc. I wonder how long we would live if we adapted the diet of the Japanese.
What people need to realize is that eating fat free or sugar free foods isn't going to help. It isn't going to help if you stuff your face with snack wells instead of Oreo's. What will help is to completely change what you eat. Remember, you are what you eat, so eat the right things and it will show in your body, mind and spirit.
Raw foodists are people who consume a raw food diet. Most of the time these folks undertake this style of eating to enjoy better health, and their diet consists mainly of natural foods that have not been heated, cooked, pasteurized or processed. Raw food that is grown organically is also very important to this way of eating. For many, this is considered a lifestyle choice that is known as living raw or raw foodism.
There are some variations that people decide to follow with a "go raw" diet, depending on their lifestyle choices and the overall results they are attempting to achieve. The living raw food diets include a wide variety of different raw edibles including vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, sprouts from seeds and from whole grain berries.
There is a common misconception that everyone who follows a raw food eating plan is either vegetarian or vegan. But a raw food diet in general is not that narrowly defined and can include dairy products that have not gone through the pasteurization process, as well as eggs, fish and some meats.
However, those who do want to eat raw vegan or raw vegetarian diets would simply follow their normal food selections, but would make sure not to cook their food. Because of this flexibility, just about any lifestyle can incorporate a diet of eating raw food.
Overall, raw foodists believe that the higher percentage of raw foods eaten, the better. There are many studies and also anecdotal reports that support the premise that the greater the ratio of raw foods to cooked foods in the diet, the greater the benefits to a person's state of health.
Many active members of this type of diet community also are quick to claim that eating food raw will help people to lose weight and help to regulate a healthy weight level. There are also many recorded instances of people recovering from a wide range of illnesses, sickness and even chronic diseases after making the change to a diet that is focused on living foods.
Many people have experienced significant turnarounds in their health with the raw food diet and they say that living raw is the only way to go. Many claim it has kept them alive and thriving.
More and more experts in the field of health and nutrition are advocating eating raw food on a regular basis because of the many benefits people have experienced, and also because of the potential for preventing illness and disease.
Throughout the decades of debate and discussion regarding the value and benefits of a raw food diet, there have been many experts in the field of nutrition that have stepped forward to illuminate why it is that raw foods can be so beneficial. One of the main reasons is that when natural, uncooked food is properly chewed there are many natural enzymes released. The enzymes improve digestion and help to assure that the nutrients in the foods are assimilated by the body.
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