| You have probably heard a lot of people talking | | | | form. Preparing raw foods involves several |
| about the health benefits that come with eating | | | | processes. One of these is juicing. Many people |
| raw organic foods. You may have wondered | | | | turn the fruits and vegetables into juices. Just by |
| what implications come with a diet of organic | | | | drinking fresh juice in the morning you can benefit |
| foods. A table full of raw beef and oysters does | | | | from a health boost. Another way of preparing |
| not appeal to most people, but there is more to it | | | | raw foods is by using a dehydrator. The moisture |
| than that. An organic foods diet means that you | | | | is taken out of the fruits and vegetables so they |
| are required to eat the food in its natural | | | | are good for long time storage. The dehydrator |
| unprocessed state. Organic foods may already be | | | | uses hot air to remove the moisture from the |
| included in your diet, if you eat fresh fruits and | | | | foods, but the temperatures it operates under |
| vegetables. | | | | has to be below 1160 F, so that all the enzymes |
| The processing and cooking of the foods strip | | | | in the food are stored and not destroyed. |
| them of a lot of vital nutrients. A lot of people | | | | Organic cheese can also be a part of a raw food |
| say that cooking vegetables leaches out the | | | | diet. The process used for obtaining organic |
| vitamins and it can also destroy the important | | | | cheese does not involve temperatures higher than |
| enzymes that they contain. Packaged foods | | | | 1160 F, so it fits in the category of raw foods. |
| available in every grocery store, that have been | | | | The government keeps the organic farms under |
| processed in some way to help you benefit from | | | | strict supervision, so you don't have to worry |
| an easy package meal, have a very low nutritional | | | | about quality or scams if you purchase products |
| value and they are not very good for your body | | | | from them. The cows from which the milk is |
| because they are hard to metabolize. | | | | harvested for the organic cheese cannot be |
| Earth gives us natural foods. If you consume | | | | treated with any antibiotics or other medicine in |
| them as such, in their raw state, it becomes a lot | | | | case of illnesses. In case they must be treated, |
| easier for the body to process them. Raw foods | | | | they are removed from that farm. This |
| are packed with vitamins, minerals and enzymes. | | | | guarantees that the organic cheese or other |
| Everything you do costs energy. The energy | | | | foods you purchase from that farm are 100% |
| levels of your body are given by enzymes. These | | | | organic. |
| things are not the most popular topics of | | | | The amount of raw foods included in your diet |
| discussion, but they are very important for your | | | | should be around 75% (ar at least 50%), but you |
| body. Think about how tired you feel after | | | | should not start eating immediately this amount of |
| serving a big meal of cooked foods. This happens | | | | raw foods. Instead you should increase the |
| because you use your body enzymes to process | | | | quantities gradually. As a precautionary note, if |
| these foods instead of using them for other | | | | you plan to have any major changes in your diet, |
| activities of your daily life. By consuming raw | | | | you should consult your doctor. Even though raw |
| organic foods that contain their own enzymes | | | | foods are the base for a healthier life, some of |
| helpful for digestion, you preserve your energy | | | | them may conflict with certain medication, so this |
| for doing the things you like, instead of wasting | | | | is the best thing you should do in order to avoid |
| that energy for digesting food you just ate. | | | | unpleasant situations. Due to the detoxifying |
| People that follow a raw food diet consume up to | | | | effect raw foods have, some people may |
| 75% of raw foods. This includes fruits, | | | | experience mild headaches and nausea, but only |
| vegetables, nuts and other foods in their natural | | | | temporary. |