Discover Your Nutritional Style: Your Personal Path to a Happy, Healthy and Delicious Life by Holli Thompson

Author:Holli Thompson [Thompson, Holli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781934716571
Publisher: Sunrise River Press
Published: 2014-09-15T07:00:00+00:00

What is raw food?

A raw food or a raw food diet refers to foods that are eaten mostly uncooked. If they’re cooked, it’s very gently—they’re not heated to above 115 degrees Fahrenheit. The primary reason for eating raw foods is to preserve intact the natural enzymes in the food. Enzymes are natural proteins made by living cells or animals; enzymes make the normal metabolic processes of the body, such as digestion, happen faster.

Think of raw foods as a complete health kit, with no added ingredients needed for them to do their magic. Plants, like fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, and seeds, contain enzymes that, in an uncooked state, will help your body to digest them. Because of this benefit, your body doesn’t use its own enzyme reserve to break down and absorb the food, so it doesn’t have to work as hard at digestion. If you did the Cleanse with Style protocol outlined in chapter four, you’ve at least experimented with increasing raw foods in your diet.

Digestive system health is the key to overall health. Seventy percent of your body’s power to resist disease rests in your digestive system, making it your first line of defense against bacteria, viruses, and pathogens. Complex processed foods and toxic pesticides and sprays weaken the digestive tract. Because of this, our bodies produce fewer digestive enzymes as we age—enzymes we need to allow us to absorb food’s nutrients.

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