Why Choose Raw Food?

The raw food diet, also known as the living food diet, is a diet primarily based on pure, unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, grains, beans, nuts, dried fruit, and seaweed. While many people on raw food are vegans, some do not necessarily exclude other raw foods such as raw eggs, raw honey, raw milk, meat and fish.

Delicious raw food salad in the making
 
The raw food diet consists of 75 - 100 percent raw foods and may include some foods that are cooked or baked. For a better absorption of nutrients raw diet should also include raw fermented foods.

It is important to understand that heating food above 108°F or 42°C destroys most of the enzymes that normally assist in the digestion of food and absorption of nutrients. On the energy level, cooking is believed to diminish the nutritional value and the "life force" of food thus making cooked and processed foods energetically less valuable to the body.

Proponents of the raw food diet believe it has numerous health benefits, including:

• Increased energy
• Stronger immune system
• Improved skin appearance
• Better digestion
• Weight loss
• Reduced risk of heart disease
• Longevity
• More efficient detoxification

For many people raw food means more than a way to obtain nutrition. It is a joyful lifestyle they embrace consciously, knowing that it will lead them to a better mental and physical health, and a much happier life. 


In radiant health, passionately raw - Dominique  

Dominique Allmon©2022

*Information in this article is for educational purposes only and is not meant to prevent, diagnose, or cure a disease.Consult your healthcare provider before implementing changes to your nutrition.