Intro To A Raw Healthy Diet

Whether one partakes in the raw vegan diet or one which includes raw animal flesh

, fish or eggs, food staying in it's raw state is considered to NOT be void of important enzymes. Enzymes, it has been suggested, are necessary for the proper assimilation and digestion of all foods, and each food has it's own specific enzyme that the body needs to work with. Although it hasn't been proven, it has been said that if the food is without the valuable enzymes present, the body will need to use enzymes from the limited pool that exists inside the body. The said enzymes are important for a great deal of bodily functions and when they become depleted unnecessarily, it is said that it adds to early symptoms of aging.

Besides decrease of enzymes in cooked food, it is said that the nutrient value of the food is also destroyed. In essence, the vitamin and mineral content is depleted, sometimes to the point of being entirely barren of any health-giving benefit. A small amount of heat may be utilized on a food for it to be still considered to be "raw" and end up with minimal or no loss of nutrient benefit. As a matter of fact, scores raw vegan recipes are created administering heat using a dehydrator. The dehydrator can be set to be certain that it does not reach the "maximum" heat permitted for the food to remain "raw". That temperature varies depends who you listen to (and for the food you are preparing) but a temperature of near 115 degrees Fahrenheit is a safe temperature.

When talking about the raw food diet, raw fooders look at all scenarios. They absolutely strive for optimum health. They even consider food combining. It is suggested that mixing certain foods in one dish can perhaps bring on fermentation or digestive concerns. The combining rules are puzzling and a large chart was devised to try and simplify matters.

Plenty of raw foodists partake in mono-eating to stay away from any food mixing complications. This involves eating one single whole food and allowing it to digest before eating any more food. This has the potential advantage where your body will index the nutritive benefit from the whole food and produce cravings for that food when your body lacks a specific nutrient that it has. As an example, if the body needs potassium it might create cravings for a banana providing you have consumed a banana by itself in the past and permitted it to digest entirely before taking in any more foods.

When dealing with the raw vegan diet, a general rule of thumb is to never combine fruits with any other food, including vegetables. But, mixing fruit with green veggies, as you might when mixing green smoothies has shown to not possess the same adverse affects as mixing veggies and fruits. Greens, even though considered to be veggies, since they are usually referred to as "dark green leafy veggies", are now sometimes added in a class all their own. So, raw foodists might differentiate fruits, vegetables and greens.

Whatever the reason a person turns to the raw vegan diet, be it for simplicity or health, a big assertion for raw food may be that we as humans should be consuming what nature has given to us, and perhaps we should be consuming it in it's unrefined form.

Intro To A Raw Healthy Diet

By: Tina Heffrin

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