Raw food is becoming more "popular" with the current health and fitness trends. Everyone is trying to eat healthier, leaning towards organic produce and more fruits and vegetables. Although popularity and "trendiness" aside, raw food is the natural way to eat since the beginning of time. We are made up of what we eat, and avoiding not only processed foods, but overcooked ones as well, will improve our health and quality of life.
When we cook foods, we are adding a heat source that is increasing molecular activity that changes the composition of the nutrients in the product. Cooking in many ways kills the living properties in the food. These properties are enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and proteins that are altered in a way that is not natural for them. Many foods lose their nutritional value because of these changes due to the heat that is applied during the cooking process. Processed foods have little to NO nutritional value at all due to the heat, filtering, and added chemicals that are part of the preparation and storage strategy. This is one of the reasons these products can sit on a shelf for months on end and still taste "fresh".
Being exposed to this knowledge is only a fraction of the battle. It is overwhelming and perhaps too much to ask to convert to eating a largely raw diet. A start is a start, and making those first moves to consume more of a raw based food source will benefit your body immediately. Fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are portable and ready to go. Challenge yourself to a week on an all raw diet and see how your body responds and changes to the new influx of healthy food. Drink lots of water, get plenty of sleep, and take the first step in cleaning out your system from years of poisonous food!
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