Are you curious about the many benefits of raw food? When you eat fresh, preferably organic, uncooked and unprocessed foods, the body will not only receive high quality levels of prebiotic fiber, bioavailable macronutrients, essential vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, but also high levels of electromagnetic energy and biophotons.
Let’s delve into the world of raw foods, exploring what you can eat, what to be mindful of, and whether this diet is a sustainable path to better health.
What’s on the Menu?
Embracing the raw foods diet will make you appreciate the taste of fresh fruits and vegetables, and your oven gets a break. The main focus is on consuming uncooked, unprocessed, and mostly organic foods. Think raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouts. The ideal temperature limit is 104°F = 40 °C, so your food can be cold or slightly warmed. Utilize blenders, food processors, and dehydrators to prepare delicious raw meals.
The Promise: Nourishing and Healing
The high levels of consistent consumption of electromagnetic energy through fruits and salads will impact cellular regeneration in a very positive way, making you feel naturally healthy and happy. Naturally grown fresh vegetables and sun ripened fruits are also rich in biophotons, light energy. The amazing effect of Biophotons is that it ensures that all chemical reactions within the cell are carried out in the most efficient way, bringing order to every cell in the body, optimizing feelings of vitality and wellbeing.
Biophotons cause red blood cells to regain their normal healthy shape and stop them from coagulating. Lymph and cell activity increases removing excess lymph. By eliminating acid waste disposal in the tissues more effectively, cells regain their healthy ‘ Dry State’ ensuring optimal diffusion of almost any substance between the capillaries and the cells.
Raw foods are rich in water-soluble vitamins (vitamin B-complex and vitamin C) that are easily destroyed by excessive heat and water, as well as exposure to air.. Enzymes are also affected by different levels of heat, causing an enzyme to lose its shape (denature) and stop working.
THE REALITY: A BALANCING ACT
While raw foods offer an array of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, the raw foods diet also presents challenges. Preparing raw meals may require kitchen prowess, and eating out can be trickier. Special caution is needed with food hygiene, as certain raw foods like sprouts and unpasteurized juices can carry foodborne illness risks.
This diet may not suit everyone as a lifestyle. Nevertheless it’s the most suitable for our physiology and for cellular regeneration and healing. It may result in a too intense level of detoxification so leave room for dietary transitioning allowing each person to progress toward a higher level of detoxification at their own pace. Also those who aspire to make it a lifestyle often make the mistake of eating more than 10% of proteins and fats in their raw food diet. Especially by consuming a high level of fatty fruits and nuts and seeds.
Nourishment vs. Nutrient Gaps
Raw food diets can lead to successful weight loss due to their low-calorie and high-fiber nature. Maintaining a nutritionally balanced raw food diet can be challenging, but is not impossible, as with every other diet. Calorie wise you may need to eat a higher volume of fruits and vegetables because they are less calorie dense, also depending on your level of activity.
When you are not consuming meat or meat by products does not mean you will create a nutritional deficiency and need additional supplementation. When anyone is wondering or challenged with a deficiency first consider proper digestion, absorption, circulation, utilization and elimination. First phase is always detoxification before regeneration can take place. The body has to be clean from waste and operate its immune and repair mechanisms, cellular functions, enzymes, hormones, etc…at optimal narrow pH ranges. Oxygenated arterial blood has a pH of 7.35 – 7.45. Even minor variations from these values can have biologically, a detrimental effect.
In Summary
Embracing the raw foods diet can be a refreshing journey into a world of fresh and vibrant flavors. Many experience weight loss and improved overall health due to increased consumption of fruits and vegetables. While cooking can make certain foods more digestible and safer. Always be aware that it’s important to consume enough fresh fruits and vegetables to achieve an optimum level of health and vitality. Eating too many cooked foods will reduce your health and vitality over time. However, it’s essential to be mindful of potential food safety when consuming any foods. You can start receiving the benefits of a raw food lifestyle just by starting to consume more fresh colorful fruits and salads, and delicious juices or smoothies.
