Raw Food For Health And Beauty

Making whole, unprocessed food or what I like to call REAL FOOD the center of our daily diet is an important step in maintaining and creating health and beauty.  When the REAL FOOD that we eat is raw food such as vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, live fermented foods such as sauerkraut, raw milk, raw milk cheese, and pickled salmon or sushi-grade sashimi so much the better.  When you include an abundance of raw foods in your daily diet you immediately begin to look and feel better.  In fact, you begin to glow.  Try it and see for yourself!

WHAT IS THE RAW FOOD ADVANTAGE?

Raw food is so delicious and satisfying that when we include an abundance of fresh raw food in our daily diet it becomes easier and easier to make healthy food choices!  The vibrant flavor, and color I might add, of deliciously prepared raw food is inherent in the food itself, especially if you buy local organic vegetables and fruits, in favor of foods that have traveled long distances to reach you, and vegetables and fruits that are in season and at the peak of their ripeness and perfection.  Raw food tastes so vibrant, in fact, that raw food requires the use of less salt, spices, oils, and sweeteners.

Most of you know that I am a big advocate of local seasonal food and though I digress - humor me for a moment.  Remember the pale styrofoam flavor of what is passed off as a tomato in winter?  Who could possibly be tempted?

Raw food has more nutrients than cooked and packaged food.  No processed or pre-packaged food will ever compare to the vitality and life-force of fresh, raw, organic food.

Raw food is rich in enzymes that are ordinarily destroyed by the application of heat.  These raw enzymes actually aid in the digestion of the food making the nutrients in raw food more bio-available, as well as easier to digest and assimilate.

Finally, raw foods are so juicy that they help us stay hydrated.  Think of a slice of watermelon as opposed to a piece of dry toast and you get the picture.  Look for more information on the importance of eating juicy, hydrating foods in my next post.