What is a raw food diet?
A raw food diet consists of unprocessed and uncooked food or if cooked, then below 116 deg F heat. This is because above this temperature, the vital life force elements and the enzymes of the food start getting destroyed.
Is raw food diet totally free of toxins and hazardous chemicals?
Even the raw food diet of today times are not devoid of chemicals and toxins as the soil itself in which they grow has become polluted. But the solution to the above mentioned problem is the organic food that can be grown in your backyard with the organic seeds and organic manure.
Organic is the term used for the fruits and vegetables grown in the soil without using any chemical pesticide and insecticide.
How cooked food different from a Raw food diet?
- Cooked food diminishes in nutritional value. The cancer-fighting compounds in broccoli, sulforaphanes, are greatly reduced when broccoli is cooked.
- Certain vitamins, such as vitamin C and folate, are destroyed by heat.
- Other foods, however, become more healthful after cooking, because the fibrous portion is broken down. For example, cooked tomatoes contain three to four times more lycopene than raw tomatoes.
- Cooking also promotes the formation of potentially harmful compounds in food during high heat cooking, such as advanced glycation end products and heterocyclic amines.
What the raw food eating benefits?
Raw food is live food therefore the person who eats this also becomes live and with vitality. These are the benefits associated with the raw food.
Energy
The abundance of vitamins and minerals and the lack of empty calories will combine to make you feel lighter, happier, and more energetic about the raw food. You may even find you have better-quality sleep, smoother skin, and a sharper memory.
Digestion
The fiber and enzymes in raw food also help ease your body’s digestive process.
Weight loss
The natural ingredients like nuts and seeds as well as fruits and vegetables all have the high content of protein and healthy fats which are extremely filling. These are no extra unutilized fats that get accumulated in the body.
Longevity
A raw diet naturally supports the immune system, decreases inflammation, and floods your body with free-radical-deactivating antioxidants thereby decreasing your body susceptibility to the common cold, flu, cancer, diabetes etc. This helps you to remain disease free and attain longer life span filled with health and vigor.
What to eat in a raw food diet?
Most people who follow a raw food diet are vegan. Some consume raw animal products, such as raw milk, cheese made from raw milk, sashimi, ceviche (raw fish), or carpaccio (raw meat). Some people eat only raw foods, while others include cooked food for variety and convenience. The percentage of raw food is usually 70 percent or more of the diet.
How a raw food is prepared?
Germination
This process involves soaking the raw beans, legumes, nuts, and seeds in water for some period of time .It ranges from 2 hours to one day.
Sprouting
After they are drained during the final step of the germination process, place them in a container for sprouting. Leave them at room temperature for the recommended time. The seed, bean, or legume will open and a sprout will grow from it.
Dehydrate
Foods can be heated below 118 F in a dehydrator instrument to warm.
Blending
Foods can be blended or chopped using a food processor or blender, to make recipes for smoothies, pesto, soup, hummus.
What are the benefits of a raw food diet?
A raw food diet is beneficial in numerous ways including:
- Increased energy
- Clearer skin
- Weight loss
- Reduced risk of disease
- Slows the aging process
- Reduce inflammation
Have A healthy and productive Thursday!
MJ
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