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Raw food diet (raw foodism or rawism) is as far as the way to consume foods that are not cooked, not processed, and prioritized organic types as a daily diet. Raw food diet was introduced by Maximilian Bircher-Benner a doctor from Switzerland, since 1897.
Before starting to develop her research, Bircher has been recovered from jaundice after eating raw apples. He also saw how the lives of the goat herders in the Alps who live simple but healthy because consume lots of fruits, vegetables and raw nuts.
Type of raw food diet
This group only consume raw vegetables that are not cooked temperatures exceed 40 degrees Celsius. They believe the temperature is above 40 degrees Celsius can damage the nutrients and enzymes food, unhealthy, and cause toxins to the body.
Raw veganism
This groups are further divided into fruitarians, juicearians, or sproutarians. accordance with its name, fruitarians only eat fruits, nuts, and seeds raw. Juicearians only eat vegetables or fruits are processed previously into juice. While sproutarians more a lot consume whole grains sprouts.
Raw animal food diets
This group is almost the same with the group of raw veganism, but adds his diet with milk products and eggs. So generally they are vegetables and fruits. Coupled again with raw meat (including organ and fish), raw eggs and raw milk. This group also consuming meat and fish but avoid raw whole grains, raw beans, and raw soybeans.
Efficacy of raw foods
With consuming raw foods, raw foodist believe
- That the content of enzymes in raw foods can help digestion so it is very important for body growth. Cooking food with temperatures more than 40 degrees Celsius is considered will destroy the contents of this enzyme.
- Raw foods contain bacteria and micro-organisms that are good for digestion and the immune system.
- Raw food is more nutritious than cooked food.
- Raw foods are still natural, whereas the processed food contains a lot of additives such as colorings, flavorings, sweeteners are bad for the body.
- Raw foods are considered most suitable for human consumption. Foodstuffs stimulant such as coffee, alcohol, and tobacco is very avoided. Fats and proteins heated such as fried oils and roasted peanuts also very avoided because it is considered are carcinogens.
- Natural foods and organic whole foods are considered more nutritious than commercial food production output.
- Food that already cooked has been damaged the content of his natural, so that produce toxins that can cause various diseases.
- Vegetables and raw fruits are rich in antioxidants so that make ageless, prevent cancer, and neutralize free radicals.
- Air pollution and smoking are considered very damage health. Drinking water processing results are also considered unhealthy, especially once added the fluoride and chlorine.
Important things that must be considered
1. Knowing whatever types of food which can be eaten raw. You can begin with a variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, beans and the like, dried fruits (dates, raisins, etc.), spices, different types of herbs, table salt, olive oil or canola pure, pure vinegar, young coconuts, chocolate, milk and milk products, eggs, fish (sushi and sashimi), seaweed (hijiki, dulse flakes, nori sheets, and wakame), and many more.
2. Find information about the raw food diet as much as possible. Read books or find information about raw food diets on the internet from sources trusted sites.
3. Look for community of raw food diet adherents. Or you can start pioneering own group. Join in festivals, cafes, or a raw food cooking class.
4. If in doubt, just try to feel first. Your tongue will not lie, do not hesitate to try if raw food is indeed delicious.
5. Prepare the cooking equipment who needed. Prepare various type of knives, food processor, dehydrator (food dryers), blender and juicer. Enjoy the process of making raw food cuisine.
6. Look for raw food recipes which ingredients easy to found. If price is not a problem for you, buy the type of organic. If possible, plant the plant your own organic and make own compost fertilizer.
7. Find out how to store raw foods with good. Raw food decompose faster than cooked food, therefore better buy a little to be spent soon than save a lot. Eat when still good condition to be eaten, do not postponed. Store in the refrigerator for leather bean, date palm, raisins, young coconut, and whole grains.
8. Do not rush. You do not need to fully implement the raw food diet, flexible only with try it first eat mixture between raw foods and cooked food. Suggested try the recipes raw fruits as breakfast beforehand and complete salad for lunch and dinner. Use various natural flavoring to enrich it feels.
Tips before a raw food diet
- Not everyone is suitable to apply a raw food diet. Note the condition of digestion and body health overall after trying a raw food diet. If need, consult first with doctor or a nutritionist.
- Vary the a raw food ingredients to sufficient all the nutrients needed the body. Inadequate the consumption of protein and healthy fat to maintain body's metabolism.
- Raw food diet is not recommended for children, pregnant women and breastfeeding, anemia sufferers, and osteoporosis sufferers.
- Consumption of vitamin B12 supplements to prevent of anemia.
- If must eat at a restaurant, choose a salad menu, sushi, or the sashimi.
- Make sure the hygiene of meat, fish, eggs, milk, or foodstuffs of animal that will be consumed.
- Eat whole foods are better than processed juices because higher foods fiber content.
- Do not consume red beans and raw cashews.
- Some people are accustomed to eating meat, sugar, and caffeine will experiencing a little dizzy, nausea, and craving when trying a raw food first time. But this condition will disappear after a few days.
Increasingly you increasing age, the body's enzymes will be increasingly reduced so that the ability to digest food is also reduced. Therefore, try a raw food diet for getting benefits optimal for health worth to be tried.
'Bon appetite'
