Wonderful Health Benefits Of Eating Raw Foods

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Wonderful Health Benefits Of Eating Raw Foods

While we are not raw foodists, we acknowledge that raw foods have some health benefits. Here, some of the possible benefits of eating raw foods are discussed.

This article was first written and published on another website in 2008.


Health Benefits of Eating Raw Food

How is eating raw food good for health? Is really as beneficial as widely said to be?


Better nutritional content

Fruits, vegetables and plant foods are packed with nutrients, including vitamins, minerals and other health-promoting phytochemicals. Heating, however, destroys a fair bit of them, according to some experts.

Vitamins are destroyed, proteins are structurally spoilt, and minerals are converted from their organic and absorbable state to a state whereby they are not easily assimilated by the body.

Water-soluble vitamins, such as vitamins B and C, also get leached out of foods during the cooking process.

Naturally, raw food is thus more nutritious than its cooked counterparts.

Dr Ann Wigmore, one of the most well-known proponents of raw diets, even suggests that over 80% of the nutrition in food is destroyed via cooking!

It is often believed that foods which grow in the wild are the most nutritious.


Life-giving and health-promoting enzymes, too

Raw foods contain high levels of enzymes, which assist in digestive processes as well as contribute to good health in other ways.

By eating raw foods, we reduce the need for the body to produce its own digestive enzymes. This frees up energy which the body can then use to carry out other important work, such as healing, cell repair and rejuvenation, fighting off foreign invaders, etc.

More enzymes would also be available for various uses by the body, including healing and the regulation of metabolic processes in the body.

On the other hand, since enzymes are killed by heat, cooked food is virtually devoid of them. The consumption of a largely cooked diet thus hampers digestive processes in the body, causing the production of excessive amounts of toxic by-products.

Excess energy usage, poor digestion and excessive toxin production – these are the reasons why we often feel tired, sluggish, and lethargic after a heavy meal of cooked food, while we would feel light and energetic after having a salad and a glass of fresh juice.

Further, the pancreas is overworked to produce the additional enzymes the body needs, enzymes which could have been obtained from raw foods. This contributes to long-term degenerative conditions.


The harm caused by cooked foods

Eating raw food helps with dental health too! Cooked food reduces the need for use of one’s teeth; in addition, cooked food tends to be stickier and adheres to teeth and gums. The result – reduced development of the jaw bones and teeth, as well as increased incidence of tooth decay.

Due to issues with digestion and assimilation, cooked food often causes allergic and similar-type reactions in the body, something which rarely happens when one is on an all-raw diet.

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