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What is raw food?
Raw food is plant-based, uncooked food the way nature provides it to us. By cooking we mean heating anything beyond 47°C, which is the temperature at which enzymes in food begin to be destroyed. To test how hot this is, if it burns your finger it’s too hot.
Why eat it?
Uncooked food provides you with more nutrients. The cooking process has been shown to destroy nutrients and the higher the temperature, the more is detroyed. Because of the destruction of enzymes, cooked food requires more energy to digest.
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What are the benefits?
Most common is a feeling of lightness and clarity. Emotions become more stable. Chronic conditions often improve and skin, hair and nails look better. Less sleep is required, as your body is no longer detoxifying all night and weight loss is often dramatic. I can see this being easier to follow in summer than in winter.
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Initially when transitioning into raw foods it is possible to miss the warming comfort that cooked food provides. The key is to find your own balance between cooked and raw foods in winter and not to be too hard on yourself when you want something warm. In our first few winters, we included organic brown rice, quinoa and steamed butternut or sweet potato. Within a year or two your body will have acclimatised to the new way of eating and the desire for the cooked food ceases to exist.
Raw food doesn’t need to be cold food, there are a number of warm options in our book, RAWlicious. We eat soups warmed using a blender and add lots of spices in winter or include dehydrated foods.
Is the diet safe for children and pregnant women? Can children get enough protein on an exclusively raw diet?
Yes, a raw, whole-food, plant-based diet is your natural diet and it can easily provide all your nutritional needs. However, you need to get in a wide variety of foods to make sure that you are meeting all your requirements.
Why don’t you include dairy?
Your metabolism changes when you are weaned off breast milk. Most people have a difficult time digesting casein, a major protein that is found in milk. Ongoing exposure to casein that is not properly broken down has been linked to ear infections, nasal congestion, acne, eczema, a variety of autoimmune illnesses and even cancer. Most shop-bought milk is loaded with antibiotics, growth hormones and puss and has been pasteurised and homogenised, making it completely unrecognisable to your body as a food. Contrary to popular belief you do not need milk for calcium, strong bones and teeth. You get more absorbable calcium from sesame seeds and green leaves than you get from milk.
August 7, 2009
