Raw Food Diet FAQ

The raw food diet. Just these words makes me smile. Ever since I'm raw, I feel like I've uncovered one of the biggest - yet simplest - secrets. Now, after only three years, it seems so absolutely logical, natural and obvious. I need no science, research or specialists to convince me that the raw food diet is what I want to eat for the rest of my life! My experience and results speak for themselves. On this page, I'll write down some raw food basics.

Raw Food Introduction

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What is Raw Food?

We call food raw if it is:

� Uncooked - never heated above 42 C/118 F degrees.

� Unprocessed - as fresh (and wild) as possible.

� Organic - no irradiation, preservatives, pesticides.

Why not cook food?

"Why can't I just cook my foods?" is another question I'm asked a lot. Well, the reasons are that heating your food above 115 degrees F (45 Celcius):

Kills the enzymes. Enzymes help you digest your food. Your body can create enzymes but that process takes a lot of energy. This makes you tired - remember how you feel after a heavy cooked meal? Further, the enzymes your body makes are not as good as the ones that were destroyed in the food. The food will not be broken down as well and thus harder to digest.
Changes the PH of the food and makes food acidic. We like to eat alkaline foods. Eating acidifying food makes your body acidic and thus a welcome feeding ground for disease.
Transfers minerals in food into inorganic - hard to absorb - minerals. INorganic minerals such as calcium are hard to absorb and might cause calcium stones, whereas organic ones are easier to digest, make you alkaline... and help you take in more oxygen, which is good!
Destroys most vitamins
Destroys the life force. Eating cooked food is eating dead food. This will make you feel heavy and tired. Live food has live energy.

Esme, what do you eat?

I keep my raw diet very simple. I eat mostly fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts and superfoods, I love vegetable juices and smoothies. Therefore I juice and blend a lot which is easy and quick.

Where do you get your protein?

From eating just fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts and superfoods, I get plenty of protein. Green leafy vegetables are one of the best sources. You can look in my nutrition chart to see the exact breakdown and sources.

What are the benefits of a raw food diet?

The raw food diet benefits are endless. The major benefits are weight loss, detox, and improvement health. When your diet consist of more than 75% raw foods, these and many more improvements might happen to you!!!

� More energy
� Up to 3 hours less sleep
� Weight loss
� Detox
� More beautiful skin
� Healthy long-life
� "The glow"
� No more colds and flu
� No more headaches
� Clarity of mind and better memory
� Improvved immune system
� Lower cholesterol
� No more candida
� Preventing or reversing cancer
� Improved fertility
� No more PMS
� Better sex life
� Better digestion
� Reduced risk of heart disease
� Prevent or even reverse diabetes
� Get rid of allergies
� More flexible
� Less sentitive teeth
� No more arthritis

Is there just one raw food diet?

All raw foodist have in common that they don't heat their food, but what they eat can vary greatly. Typically, the raw food diet includes RAW fruits, vegetables, (germinated or sprouted) nuts, seeds and whole grains. But some also eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy. And there are many different variations of RAW diets:

� Alkaline Diet

� Juice Fasting

� Fruitarian Diet

� Raw Food Weight Loss Diet

� Raw Food Vegan Diet

� Raw Living Food Diet

� Detox Diet

All of these diets are all raw, but preparation and foods differ. A juicer would juice his raw food, the fruitarian eats only fruit, not nuts, meat, dairy. A raw vegan refrains from any animal products. Some diets consist of mostly leafy greens where other include superfoods. Some focus on fat foods others on fruits.

Everybody is different, so there's not one best diet. So much choice means that ANYONE can find a right raw diet. From desert-like food such as raw chocolate cakes to fruits and green leafy vegetables or sushi. A personalized diet works best.

I love that there's so much variation, that I'll never have to be bored with what I eat and that what I eat makes me feel so terrific and energetic. And the weird thing is that my taste changed so much. I much prefer the delicious fresh foods over those cheap cooked empty nutrition ones...

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