Since moving to a raw food diet I have been asked by friends and family whether you can cook food on a raw food diet. What they mean of course is do you allow yourself any cooked food or is everything you eat completely raw. Going round for dinner could be a nightmare explaining what I can and cannot eat. It wouldn't take long to become "Mr Weird Foodie" with no friends. While some people do eat completely raw food as raw foodists I will eat cooked food. In fact I still enjoy cooked food although I do limit this type of food for the reasons I explain below. Behind this question is a serious point about cooking temperatures and enzymes which I will try to explain. Raw foods, when cooked, start to change and breakdown. When they break down the enzymes change their structure and make it much harder for you ... [more..]

A raw food diet is simple. It consists of eating food in their natural state. The food is neither cooked nor adulterated in any way. By eating the bulk of your food in its natural state, you will enjoy a huge improvement in your health and vitality. The Raw Food Philosophy More than just a weight loss plan or a fitness diet, this diet is a philosophy based on a lifestyle choice. It demands awareness of the live nutritional value of unprocessed food and provides numerous health benefits. They are low in saturated fats and sodium and high in antioxidants and magnesium, and low in sodium. They are almost free of harmful trans-fats. A raw food diet will detoxify your system. It will lead to natural weight loss. Raw Foodists Switching to a raw food diet will be ... [more..]

The unprepared food diet is gaining much attention and press recently. In fact, it has strong followers from high-profile celebs like actor Woody Harrelson, model Carol Alt, designer Donna Karan, and Chicago-based celebrity cook Charlie Trotter. The uncooked food diet sure sounds a bit like a healthful diet . But is it only a trend? What are the advantages to the unprepared food diet? The unprepared food diet is one that's about the consumption of raw, unprocessed and mostly green food. This indicates that foods aren't permitted to heated above a specific temperature. What this temperature is depends on the kind of uncooked food diet you are on. Yes, there's more than one to make a choice from. But usually maximum temperatures range from 92 degrees farenheit to 118 degrees farenheit. If you equate unprepared food to only vegetarian food, then ... [more..]