Have you started hearing about the Raw Food Diet? It’s gaining popularity and buzz, not just as a diet to lose weight, but a diet for a long and healthy life. We eat so much in the way of processed food that we don’t even stop to think about what we’re putting into our bodies, and how far we’ve come nutritionally from our ancestral, agrarian roots.
A fresh food diet means taking in food in its natural, unprocessed form. There are several common-sense rationales for why this is an excellent idea. Processing and cooking food can take a lot of the usual nutritional value away. Consider some of the conventional wisdom you’ve heard about for a long time, such as: If you cook pasta just to the al dente (or medium) step, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more the nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well-done stage.
Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface.
Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface.
It means a diet that is at least 75% uncooked! Cooking removes flavor and nutrition from vegetables and fruits. A raw food diet means consuming more the way our ancient ancestors did. Our healthier, more in shape ancestors.
They cooked very little, and certainly didn’t cook or process fruits and vegetables. They ate them RAW. Their water wasn’t from a tap; it was natural, spring water.
It’s a way of eating that’s in harmony with the planet and in harmony with our own metabolisms.
Our bodies were meant to work, and need to work to be efficient. That means exercise, certainly, but it also means eating natural, raw foods that require more energy to digest them.
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