A raw foodist is a person who consumes primarily living, uncooked food. Typically they believe that the greater the percentage of raw food in the diet, the greater the health benefits because raw foods allow the body to naturally detox and cleanse itself.

A Raw Food diet is generally made up of vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds and grains, dried fruit and juices, rolled or flaked grains, herbs and spices. Some people add cooked grains and legumes, good quality fish and poultry (although a large number of “ foodists” are strict vegans). There are unlimited recipes and dishes which are made from these ingredients, including: pates, loafs, noodles, cakes, cookies, crackers, soups, salads and marinades.

The benefits of eating uncooked foods are numerous and varied. Here are just a few:

Almost without exception, people feel more energetic, more awake and healthier.

Most people experience weight loss, if needed, and look and feel younger and more vibrant.

Digestive problems like ulcers and acid reflux often decrease and even disappear. Many report that their skin conditions clear up and body odors decrease.

Many people experience far fewer illnesses. Those who have suffered with disease often find relief and eventually heal as the immune system is no longer burdened with heavy toxin repair work.

Living foods are able to supply such benefits because they are loaded with nature's catalysts- better known as enzymes.

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Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions. Without enzymes, many important processes of life could not happen, including the digestion of food.

Under most conditions, enzymes are very resilient and can be used by the body more than once. But when food is heated, enzymes become irregular or denatured. A denatured enzyme’s ‘port’ changes shape and cannot receive the molecule intended for it. The enzyme’s damage is permanent.

Interestingly, every food has the exact combination of enzymes required to break it down for digestion or to return to the earth as compost- unless its enzymes have been destroyed by heat.

Heat changes the structure of the enzyme 'port' so that the needed molecule no longer fits- permanently.

Giving up cooked food and switching to a raw and living food diet has helped so many people feel well- sometimes, for the first time in their lives. One of the most amazing things is how quickly this can happen. Feeling healthier, losing weight, and healing your body doesn't take years. Many people notice changes within days. When you eat a raw and living food diet you are feeding your body and your cells live foods filled with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other life giving substances that cooking destroys.

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