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Raw Food Diet - Eating With Logic - I
There is really a ton of information and controversy concerning the raw food diet on the internet. We've the propagators, the persecutors, the passionate and the bewildered. Most of the chief persecutors zoom in from angles of nutritional deficiency, dissatisfaction with their food, body temperatures and laws of nature.

Before participating in a constant war, and I do not believe that it is wise or advisable to, let's examine what raw foods are all about.

Raw foods refer to fresh fruits, vegetable, nuts & seeds which are uncooked, unadulterated with intact vitamins & minerals. They basically contain "life" inside them ie. in the event that you plant them, they grow. Once we heat a food beyond a particular temperature and process them with artificial ingredients, the "life" is removed and some substances may even turn toxic.

In the event that you plant the seeds from a fresh apple, you obtain an apple tree. If you plant the seeds from a packet of apple crisps, you obtain either nothing or mold. Does this seem sensible?

And, why is the world shifting towards higher consumption of organic produces? Because we have finally acknowledged the truth that long-term ingestion of pesticides, artificial fertilizers along with other farm chemicals is causing disease and death. We recognized that the addition of these chemicals are bad for our bodies and the world.

We also see the have to preserve soil fertility for sustainable farming. So in retrospect, a growing number of countries are joining the awareness and encouraging usage of organic produce by making them more available, granting subsidies and generating publicity.

Eating organic foods seem logical. Raw foods, may also be viewed in an identical fashion. I see them as just a little less and a little more than organic foods. Exactly why is it so?

They are a little less because:
1) Raw foods make reference to only vegan foods, and
2) Not all organic foods are raw; like organic pasta, organic cereals etc, they are already heated/processed in some way.

And they are a little more because they contain a lot more! They are raw and living organic produces: meaning not only are they free of harmful chemicals, in addition they contain the maximum level of health giving nutrients from Mother Nature. By consuming them in the least adulterated states - fresh and uncooked, does it seem logical for you that we are simply just getting the best out of them?

With this particular clear definition at heart, let's move ahead to nutritional deficiency. That is probably the most debated about in the annals of nutrition. We don't even need to talk about protein deficiency because the protein myth has been busted a zillion times.

"The only protein-deficient diet may be the starvation diet!" by Dr D.Graham (raw foodist, writer of 80/10/10, and trainer of top notch Olympic athletes)

A more interesting area would be vitamins & mineral deficiencies.

First of all, we must be reminded that nutritional deficiencies could be prevalent in ANY diet, be it meat-based, all types of vegan, or raw vegan diets. There is no standard benchmark to state you will be deficient in certain nutrients in the event that you adopt a particular diet. Why? Because everybody differs. Person A & B can eat the same identical diet but based on their body conditions, may experience different results.

For eg. research has shown that when several calcium deficient people were put on a water-fast, their tests show that a number of them were no longer deficient in calcium after the fast. Since they didn't ingest anything during the fast, they could not possibly have obtained it from food. It could just imply that calcium has been contained in their tissues which have been unabsorbed all along.

Those people had an issue with assimilation of calcium, instead of that with a deficient diet!

For people who have had bad experiences eating raw foods, it might just mean they had assimilation, digestion and even mental block problems. Usually do not underestimate the energy of the mind!

The next most common problem heard from eating raw foods is about body temperatures. I'm lucky to call home close to the equator, but I agree that to a certain degree, living in cold climates could be tricky for raw foodists.

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