The Raw Food Diet

The raw food diet is a diet based on uncooked, unprocessed, organic plant foods such as fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, seeds, nuts, grains, sprouts, beans, and seaweed. Typically, the raw food diet is vegan, and 80% raw or living, however those with serious ailments may do better on a 100% raw diet.

The raw food concept is based on the belief that cooking foods over 118 °F (47 °C) destroys food nutrients and food enzymes that assist in digestion and absorption. The body can produce enzymes, however the process requires a lot of energy, which often results in a feeling of lethargy after consuming a cooked meal. Further, the digestive enzymes our bodies produce are not as efficient as those we gain from eating raw organic foods. Consequently, food is not digested properly and rots in the intestines, a perfect environment for parasites and other disease-causing factors.

In addition, over time, the body's ability to produce digestive enzymes diminishes, which causes our ability to digest cooked foods to also diminish. This effectively starves the body of proper nutrition, and numerous detrimental outcomes can result, including decreased organ function, disease, and accelerated aging.

Simply put, eating primarily cooked foods, is eating primarily dead foods. Dead foods, at best, provide very little nourishment, a predicament that is not conducive to long-term vital health.