Raw foods are foods that are not processed and are in their natural state. There are several common sense rationales for why this is a good idea. When foods are cooked at high temperatures or processed many essential nutrients are removed. Contemplate, some of the comments you may have heard over time. If you cook pasta just to the “al dente”(or medium) stage, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well done stage. Perhaps someone mentioned to your that if you peel carrots too deeply you will remove many of the nutrients that are close to the surface. Even worse, when foods are processed toxic chemicals are often added, in addition to the nutrients that are removed. Eating a raw food diet can be of considerable help to people on a rapid weight loss diet. You get more nutrition per calorie consumed with a raw food diet, and you avoid toxic chemicals that can make you fat.