What is Raw Food?
"Raw food is just what you think it would be: any food that has been uncooked, untreated, or unadulterated. Raw food advocates believe that the greater the percentage of raw food in the diet, the greater the health benefits. No matter where you stand on raw food, everyone agrees that consuming more fresh greens, vegetables, fruits, fats, and proteins in as excellent way to reach or maintain your optimal health." Jordan Rubin author "The Raw Truth"
In an effort for us to take control of our own health, we need to be educated on the power of an enzyme rich living and raw food diet. Consuming these foods allow the body to heal itself. Any food that has not be heated over 115 degrees (there about) is considered raw and the enzyme, vitamins, and minerals have not been destroyed. It is believed cooking or heating any food over 120 degree destroys more than 90% of its nutritional value and natural enzymes that the body needs to digest the food. Additionally, this is considered "dead food" meaning it has very little nutritional value. This generally includes all processed and fast foods.
"Enzymes can be easily derived through Living Foods which are grown on healthy composted Mother Earth. They should be prepared through blending, sprouting, fermenting, and small amounts of juicing, but ABSOLUTELY NO COOKING!! Cooking destroys enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and the nourishment in food. Stop eating dead food and get back to health! Living Foods full of enzymes is the way to eat and maintain total and perfect health!!"
Let’s all get back to the original law of nature, RAW! Eating a raw diet will help the body to detoxify and rebuild. It will boost the immune system and nourish at a cellular level. Just remember that as you begin eating raw foods that your body will detoxify. Chemicals, drugs, additives, preservatives, and other toxins that have been stored in your body for years will come out of your cells, tissues, bones, fat, and muscle. If you’ve ever drunk caffeine and then tried to stop you may have gotten a bad headache. That’s the caffeine detoxing from your body. It doesn’t feel that great while it’s happening, but it’s important to get that stuff out of the body. The best way to help detox symptoms to go away is to clean out the colon with colonics or enemas. Don’t let these toxins stay in your body once they begin to release. It you don’t clean them out they will seep back into the body, the blood, and the internal organs and you’ll just have to detox them all over again.
"Disease is caused in part by toxicity and deficiency, which is created when, among other things, we eat foods that are unnatural or lack essential nutrients. Simply put, when toxic and deficient conditions are removed from the body, the body can heal itself, fight off future illnesses, and remain in total and perfect health."
"Our bodies are screaming for real foods! Do something good for yourself. Take responsibility for your health by taking responsibility for what you’re putting in your mouth. Turn your health around. You can start today wherever you are just by adding more organic, raw fruits and vegetables to your diet. Make responsible choices in food. Choose organic, real food and eat it the way nature intended, RAW!" Brenda Cobb founder of "The Living Foods Institute"