Raw Foodism:
Raw foodism (or rawism) is a lifestyle promoting the consumption of un-cooked, un-processed, and often organic foods as a large percentage of the diet. If 75-100% of a person's total food consumption is raw food, he/she is considered a raw foodist or living foodist. Raw foodists typically believe that the greater the percentage of raw food in the diet, the greater the health benefits.
Raw (vegetarian) food diets may include a selectıon of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds (including sprouted whole grains), and non-pasteurized/non-homogenized dairy products (such as raw milk, raw cheese and raw yogurt).
Adherents of raw foodism believe that consumption of uncooked foods encourages weight loss and prevents and/or heals many forms of sickness and chronic diseases. “Raw foodists” believe that foods cooked above this temperature have lost much of their nutritional value and are harmful to the body.
Common beliefs held by raw foodists:
*Raw foods contain digestive enzymes which aid digestion, meaning that the body's own enzymes may work unimpeded in regulating the body's metabolic processes, and heating food above 104-120 degrees Fahrenheit degrades or destroys these enzymes in food.
*Eating food without enzymes makes digestion more difficult, which could lead to toxicity in the body and cause excess consumption of food, obesity and chronic disease, such as metabolic syndrome, which some studies suggest affects up to 25% of the U.S. population.
*Raw foods contain bacteria and other micro-organisms that affect the immune system and digestion by populating the digestive tract with gut flora.
*Raw foods have higher nutrient values than foods which have been cooked. In addition, processed food and convenience food often contain excitotoxins (flavor enhancers) which can cause excitotoxicity. Foods with added chemicals, preservatives, additives, colouring agents/dyes of any kind are frowned upon by raw-foodists.
*Wild foods (or natural foods) are more nutritious than domesticated foods or industrially produced foods.
*Cooked foods contain harmful toxins which cause chronic disease and other problems.
*Raw foods like fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants and thus help to stifle signs of aging.
*Eating cooked foods can lead to acidosis.
Raw foodism (or rawism) is a lifestyle promoting the consumption of un-cooked, un-processed, and often organic foods as a large percentage of the diet. If 75-100% of a person's total food consumption is raw food, he/she is considered a raw foodist or living foodist. Raw foodists typically believe that the greater the percentage of raw food in the diet, the greater the health benefits.
Raw (vegetarian) food diets may include a selectıon of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds (including sprouted whole grains), and non-pasteurized/non-homogenized dairy products (such as raw milk, raw cheese and raw yogurt).
Adherents of raw foodism believe that consumption of uncooked foods encourages weight loss and prevents and/or heals many forms of sickness and chronic diseases. “Raw foodists” believe that foods cooked above this temperature have lost much of their nutritional value and are harmful to the body.
Common beliefs held by raw foodists:
*Raw foods contain digestive enzymes which aid digestion, meaning that the body's own enzymes may work unimpeded in regulating the body's metabolic processes, and heating food above 104-120 degrees Fahrenheit degrades or destroys these enzymes in food.
*Eating food without enzymes makes digestion more difficult, which could lead to toxicity in the body and cause excess consumption of food, obesity and chronic disease, such as metabolic syndrome, which some studies suggest affects up to 25% of the U.S. population.
*Raw foods contain bacteria and other micro-organisms that affect the immune system and digestion by populating the digestive tract with gut flora.
*Raw foods have higher nutrient values than foods which have been cooked. In addition, processed food and convenience food often contain excitotoxins (flavor enhancers) which can cause excitotoxicity. Foods with added chemicals, preservatives, additives, colouring agents/dyes of any kind are frowned upon by raw-foodists.
*Wild foods (or natural foods) are more nutritious than domesticated foods or industrially produced foods.
*Cooked foods contain harmful toxins which cause chronic disease and other problems.
*Raw foods like fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants and thus help to stifle signs of aging.
*Eating cooked foods can lead to acidosis.
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