April 16th, 2009A Raw Food Diet
What Is A Raw Food Diet
By：admin
What is a raw food diet?
Summary: A raw food diet consists of a variety of uncooked foods such as fruits and vegetables.
Raw foodism is a trend that is sweeping the world. With global obesity figures skyrocketing, many people are taking a much closer look at the factors that are affecting their body mass index and asking the question, “why are we getting so fat?” While some would say that the answer is genetic predisposition, others are convinced that a large part of the answer comes in the foods that we put in our body. And increasingly, we seem to be choosing meals high in fat and sodium content, but devoid of any real nutrition.
The benefits of eating raw foods are numerous. In addition to helping you feel great inside and out, studies have shown that eating live, enzyme-rich foods contain resources that can alleviate many illnesses, prevent many health problems, and strengthen the immune system. Raw foods can help you achieve a stable body-mass index, clear skin, more energy, and can help to minimize a range of common illnesses, from the flu to obesity-related illnesses.
The best way to approach raw foods is to gradually incorporate more and more raw fruits and vegetables into your diet. A good start is to try to eat 75% raw and 25% lightly cooked (especially in regard to whole grains). More detailed information on a general daily raw foods diet plan can be found here. Although I personally do not condone eating meat, you can add some of the safest meats to eat in a general raw food diet plan so that some people can make a gradual transition to a 100% raw food diet plan. Learn how at the raw food diet plan.
The fact is, when we cook foods, we inevitably destroy some of the enzymes, vitamins and minerals necessary for good health. If we eat too much overly-cooked, microwaved and processes foods, it can clog our colon, which may lead to a whole host of problems, including, cancer, heart-disease, diabetes and many other degenerative diseases.
Why eat raw food?
The benefit of eating primarily a raw food diet is that it is very high in nutrients, you don’t lose any nutrients; you take them all in. The way you prepare food affects how much nutrient it retains. The more processing your food goes through, the more nutrients it loses. Food has the highest nutrient content within minutes of being picked. Within the food itself, the full component of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants are untouched. As you get away from that, everything you do to a food degrades its nutritional value. Taking a food and shipping it from California to Virginia, for example, takes several days. The food degrades slightly as it travels. If you take that food, ship it, then cook it, it degrades substantially. Water-soluble vitamins are most significant - light steaming degrades that by about thirty percent. Baking at a high temperature for an hour degrades water soluble vitamins by ninety percent! If we are eating for the purpose of nourishment, we are not getting what we think we are getting when we cook our food.
Eating raw food cleanses the body of physical and emotional stress. Weight loss occurs naturally with a raw food diet.
