Prehistoric
man learned thousands of years ago that it was a good idea to eat meat that was
cooked, rather than raw. Since then, the human race has gone crazy, applying
that same cooking idea to all foods. You can have too much of a good thing!
Except for a salad, most people eat very little raw food. But in recent years,
the focus on healthy eating and lessening the chances of contracting diseases
like diabetes, heart disease and strokes has thrown the focus on raw foods.
What
we’re talking about here is eating fruit, vegetables and nuts that taste good
just as Nature intended them: in their raw state. That is quite a change for
most people, so in order to make that change you need to know exactly why you
should do it. You need to know why your raw food diet is good for you.
1. Foods
have a higher nutritional value when they are raw. Cooking food destroys
vitamins, protein and fat. It even
breaks down the enzymes which are naturally in the foods and would help you
digest them.
2. You
will be full more quickly when eating raw foods because they contain more water
and more fiber and so they fill you up more successfully. Your hunger will be
satisfied so you can eat less on the raw food diet and that is one reason why
people find the raw food diet helps them to lose weight.
3. Raw
food is more flavoursome than cooked food is. That means that you have less of a
need to add flavourings like salt and spice, all of which flavourings can
irritate your stomach and other parts of the digestive system and are too
stimulating for internal organs like the liver, which valiantly struggles to
detoxify the body from these seasonings which it sees as toxic.
4. The
raw food diet is so time effective! People who hate spending hours in the
kitchen preparing meals will love the simplicity of the raw food diet. You can
even involve your children in preparing raw food; that way, they are more
likely to eat it! That gives you a break and builds the child’s self-esteem.
5. You
won’t burn your fingers, mouths, tongues or lips with raw food! Also, you won’t
burn your house down in a kitchen fire because you won’t be cooking much!
6. There
is less cleaning up after making a raw food meal. You can put any leftovers
right on the compost heap and give back to nature, and you won’t have any
greasy dishes with baked on food to deal with.
7. Raw
food diet is great for your overall health and has even been shown to have a
positive effect on serious chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease. This
is because with the raw food diet one doesn’t have the problems caused by free
radicals which are created in the cooking process. Fewer free radicals means
less risk of cancer.
9. The raw food diet is environmentally friendly. It encourages organic farming and we would use fewer energy resources because we wouldn’t be cooking the food or transporting it as far as we do now. Emissions of carbon dioxide would be reduced and there would have to be new orchards planted to keep up with the demand for fresh fruit. This would release more oxygen into the air and we’d help to minimize the Greenhouse Effect.
10. The raw food diet will enable you to save money. You will not only save money on food bills but also on energy bills, and also stoves, pots, pans – and medical bills!
The raw food diet is a great way to save your body, save your money and save the planet.
Click on the link if you want to start your raw food diet and need help and recipes!
