5 Foods That Should Be Eaten Raw For Maximum Health Benefits
5 Foods That Should Be Eaten Raw For Maximum Health Benefits
Advocates of the raw food diet steadfastly believe that foods are more nutritious when left raw because cooking them destroys precious nutrients and enzymes.
Rohit Shelatkar
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Highlights
They help to lower the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Here's a list of 5 food that should be eaten raw for health benefits.
Did you know that the raw food diet trend or Raw Foodism as it is known, has roots in the 1800s when a Swiss Physician cured himself of Jaundice by eating raw apples! Today, this diet fad looks very different and encompasses a wide variety of foods. Often conflated with veganism, a Raw Food diet entails eating completely uncooked and unprocessed foods preparations. For the unversed, a food item is considered raw if it has not been subjected to heat over 40-48 C. Also, it should not be treated with pesticides, refined, pasteurized, or processed in any other way. The diet instead allows for methods such as soaking, sprouting, juicing, blending or dehydrating.