It was a long time ago not to raw food bars were in fashion. If you don't eat your raw food, you thought not in with THE crowd and you were of the loop in healthy anger. There are still some raw food bars around but quite a lot of fad has died and, I believe, with good reason.
Many of my patients ask me about the health benefits of eating raw food and I agree there are certain foods that are eaten raw, for the benefit of certain in the case and some never would I recommend without cooking; In case you were wondering if it is more advantageous to eat all your raw food, here are some advantages and disadvantages to consider.
What's so great about Raw Food?
To start with, raw foodstuffs which have not been heated above 118 degrees; It is reported by raw food enthusiasts to temperatures above that kill the natural enzymes present in food and make it more difficult for the body to digest them; it is true, that your body needs special enzymes to digest your food.When we get older reduces these enzymes and does the job of melting, and which can provide us with constipation and is missing a lot of nutrients from our food.
Now, there are a couple of large, high vitamins and minerals, fiber-filled foods recommended for raw food diet program that is all you should include in a healthy diet, however, They include such foodstuffs; such as vegetables, fruits, legumes, seeds and juice as well as monounsaturated fats from olive, avocado, coconut and nuts as you can see, there is usually a vegetarian diet, but people who practice a raw diet exclusively says, there are many advantages:
Lower cholesterol.
Lower/stable blood sugar.
Lower blood pressure (from reduced sodium intake).
Can prevent stomach and oral cancer (too cooked, barbecued food suspect).
High in fiber, helps maintain good intestinal health and blood sugar levels.
Boosts the immune system from glycosides higher in raw food.
Avoidance of wheat, dairy products, sugar, alcohol and table salt can help certain allergies and helps the body Detox yourself.
Clearer skin.
Weight loss.
What is not so great on the Raw Food diet
In its purest form, Lifestyle diet raw food is usually a vegetarian diet, I am concerned about vitamin deficiencies, in particular deficiencies in B12, which is common in Vegetarian diet; this lack can lead to anemia and conditions of the nervous system, as well as neurological disorders of cognition problems and dementia; The best sources of B12 is from red meat, and secondly, chicken, fish, wheat germ.
Furthermore, heating is not food earlier 118 degrees can food borne pathogens stay intact and can lead to serious diseases; Take eggs for example.Many of my patients brag about how they put a raw egg in a mixer with juice, etc., and drink it all down In cringe. and then tell them they are lucky they dodged a bullet, salmonella but not always, as eggs can be carriers of bacteria.
Depending on how strictly you work in a raw food diet, you can also include certain fish (sushi, etc), red meat and milk (non-pasteurized, non-homogenized only); add the meat and fish work better from a nutritional point of view, but from a food borne pathogen perspective may mean some serious problems.Both fish and meat can carry bacteria, such as salmonella and other; If you have ever suffered a salmonella food poisoning event you do not want to go there again; they can also carry viruses and parasites.Non-pasteurized milk can also carry out Mycobacterium bovis can cause non-pulmonary tuberculosis type. in short, these raw foods may result in some serious illnesses that you do not want to expose you for.
And if vitamin deficiencies and food borne pathogens are not enough to scare you away from a raw food
diet, some raw foods included in natural and uncooked, many of which can be toxic.
The following is a brief list of these foods:
broad beans and sprouts contain chemicals called phytohemaglutinin, which can be toxic.
Lutheran sprouts contain canavanine.
Apricot kernels-containing amygdalin, raw cyanide.
Buckwheat Greens are toxic if raw. they can trigger photosensivity.
Parsnips-raw, contains furanocoumarin, which can be toxic.
Time can also be a factor in not to choose a raw diet; because it is mostly all raw food, it takes a lot of time on buying and processing, which freshness would be of the utmost importance.
Comfort can be another negative, because it would make it difficult to go out to eat, get used to it, are also can be difficult for people who have eaten meat, sugar, salt and alcohol throughout their lifetime to switch to a raw diet.
There is a healthy way To Eat Raw Foods?
The answer to this question depends on who you ask, mostly, but also many raw food enthusiasts say that the ideal raw diet is 75% of crude and 25% cooked, and if I were to "go native" this is the way I would probably do it together.
Twenty-five percent of your diet raw can be cooked meat, fish or eggs, but I would like to add a good digestive enzymes to digest these proteins, especially if you are over 40 years.
The other 75% could consist of raw vegetables steamed just enough to soften them up and bring their taste; Raw fruit and nuts are always great in its natural form and I wholeheartedly recommend eating several portions of these vitamins and fibre-rich foods every day.
drink which is always half your weight in clean, filtered water a day to flush toxins from your body.
This is what I tell my patients ask about health benefits of a raw food diet; there are many positive elements involved, such as eating vegetables, fruits and nuts and staying away from sugar and alcohol and processed foods are healthy changes anyone can incorporate in their diet, regardless of whether it is quite raw or not; in order to avoid serious illness but, stay away from sushi and steak tartare unless you really can guarantee where they came from and handled them.
Dem Rosenberg, M.D.
The Institute for healthy aging
http://www.vitalmaxvitamins.com
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