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A raw diet saves lives. This is a diet, which is high in nutrition, and low in calories. It usually is a raw vegetarian diet, heavy on fruits and vegetables. What a raw diet may be doing is supplying the body with micronutrients, while getting rid of accumulated toxins.

The Raw Diet

The raw diet, especially if there is juicing and blending involved makes digestion easy, and leaves energy for the body to work on healing. The diet takes the  burden off the digestion system and provides vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that are in short supply.

The raw food movement is a quiet revolution, which is changing the way we think about food. The emphasis is on high quality nutrition. Raw food provides a way to eat that is more in tune with nature.  The diet is trending upward., because it is the living definition of living food.

This is a stand alone diet, it doesn’t depend on any store bought supplements. The only additions are some supper foods, which the diet naturally contains plenty of. The question is why aren’t more people choosing a more raw diet?

Anti-Aging

Millions of people are looking for anti-aging products and procedures, this diet would be the ultimate way to stay young at heart and reverse human aging. When I say young at heart we are talking about the best way to keep your cardiovascular system in peak working order. What is critically important is that you feed the cells so they are powered to provide your body with cellular energy. The mitochandria are the cellular energy generators, which supple your body with all the energy for a long healthy life.

The combination of a raw foods with nutrient dense sources of cooked items may be the way to implement a mostly raw diet for most people. Physical performance depends on a host of bio-active nutrients. It also depends on what you are capable of absorbing from the food. For centuries we had a diet so different from today’s eating. We are starving our body by feeding it calorie dense, nutritionally sparse foods.

Benefits

The truth is people are unwittingly starving their bodies and have no idea of the extent of the problem. At one time we provided nutrition from raw and cooked foods. What has happened is in the the last 70 plus years we lost control of our food supply. Now our cooked food can’t deliver, and even our raw conventional and even organic produce are growing in poor nutrient depleted soil. What this says in today’s world: we are more vulnerable to the effects of vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Synthetic vitamins aren’t the answer, only biological active ingredients are bioavailable. The synthesis of these nutrients will depend on all the components of the plant being intact. There aren’t any full spectrum vitamins and minerals except from the source.

In order to maintain mental acuity and physical vigor you have see the fuel you are providing your body with is supporting this. I hope this article gives everyone food for thought.

Remember common sense should prevail. A healthy diet with grass fed beef and some cooked food is still the road to health.

The fruitarian diet is heavy on the fruit, with the inclusion of some greens, and nuts. There are people who thrive on this fare. However, most people should not count on doing well on this diet. There are a number of reasons why this diet is not part of the mainstream. The fruit of today is very sweet; it is purposely grown to be that way. The sugar content would be too high for diabetics. A large portion of the population is diabetic or pre-diabetic, this diet would be a disastrous for them. 

PROBLEMS OF A FRUTARIAN DIET

One of the problems with a  fruitarian diet is the poor quality of today’s conventional fruit. It travels long distances, sometimes over continents. It is has undergone hybridization, chemical fertilization, applied pesticides, and is harvested before it is fully ripe. There are times it is frost bitten, having been frozen on route. Of course there is locally grown and certified organic fruit, found both at farmers’ markets and health food stores.

While that sounds fine it is expensive, and I doubt that soil is as nutrient rich as it was in the past. Even with the best fruit money can buy, it does not have everything that is needed for adequate nutrition. Vitamin B12 is one of its short falls. Meat is the number one source for this vitamin.

Most fruit is high on the glycemic index. In all long lived societies the diet is not high on this index.  This diet lacks not just protein, but minerals, and fat-soluble vitamins. This is a short term diet for most people. Diabetic or hypoglycemic symptoms appear with this type of eating. This is not the Garden of Eden diet. Man did not subsist on any one type of food with the exclusion of all others.  Food was scarce in certain parts of the world, and what was eaten was the food that was available. This wasn’t always pretty. The pickings were slim, and no one turned their noses up when offered food.

FRUITS-SUGAR HIGH

Fruitarians are on a sugar high, and that feels good. What they call feel good foods, are the ones that can produce euphoria. This is nice for awhile, but gets in the way of grounded thinking. When the diet has adequate greens and other sources of nutrition then many people can meet their nutritional needs. Maintaining nutritional levels are relevant, and any eating plan that does not supply vitamin B12, calcium, iron, and riboflavin would not be good for the long haul.

There are people that can thrive on a fruitarian diet, but most people will have problems on a purely fruitarian diet. The real issue is the few are leading the masses. These hardy individuals assume what is good for them is good for everyone.

The fact is many do consume things that are not on the fruitarian diet. The diet is anecdotal; no one is being followed around 24 hours a day. It is akin to the cookies we eat when no one is  looking don’t count. Most everyone has done that from time to time.

When they have unpleasant symptoms it is called detoxification. That seems to go for years for some people.

FRUITARIAN DIET FALLACY

Fruitarian diets are neither evolutionary, nor even plausible for the whole human race. I can just see the whole European continent, the Baltic, Japan, and the indigenous people in the remote Northern Hemisphere insisting on becoming fruitarians. By being able to picture that, you can see the fallacy of living off only the fruit of the land. 

The raw food movement is a step in the right direction. Just the fact that it recognizes the importance of vegetables and fruit as the mainstay of healthy eating is a reason to celebrate the diet. Plant food is a way to begin the process of revitalizing and protecting your health. It is a very good foundation to help the human race prevail tomorrow. This diet is a model to measure against the standard American way of eating. The features of this way of eating are the way it arms you with the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes in a bio-available form.

The raw food movement challenges the old school of thinking, that manufacturing food is the ultimate mechanism for delivering substance to the hungry masses. The triggers for world wide diseases are coming from embracing this philosophy. Planting and reaping the complete nutrition that comes from the land is now a distant possibility. Health reform is in the battle of good organic farming winning over genetically modified seeds, pesticides and processed foods.

Test driving a raw food diet calls for a sensible approach. Take advantage of not just raw food, but using this model alongside other healthy eating patterns. To embrace this diet automatically without more thought to understanding that it is perfectly alright to benefit from either some cooked food or animal protein shows some of the issues. Reforming a diet to include more raw vegetables, fruits, and sprouts is what the headlines should read.

The big deal is that there are real differences between individuals in nutritional needs, and cultural beliefs. What is a great diet for one individual may fall short for another. At different ages nutritional needs may vary, and health status definitely plays a part in determining ones needs. The guide to the right diet is how your body reacts to it. The problem is that if you take a hard line on one diet you may not get everything your system requires for great health.

Experiencing the benefits from raw foods may be as easy as making them the main stay of your diet. Without the guilt when partaking of some grass fed beef, a hardy cooked vegetable soup or some whole grain dish. Serious trouble looms on the horizon when you consume a diet of processed “food.” The raw food movement is a basic step in the right direction. However, it requires some analytical thinking when you carry it to the extreme. The raw food movement is moving to main stream thinking. Considering what it offers this is a very good thing.

Choosing how you eat is choosing how you wish to experience life. The follow-thought is the deciding factor in which way you will travel in life. That is why supporting a good diet that you can take action on means one that fits your needs, lifestyle, and health status. Eating is not a complicated skill that requires much thinking. That is unless you have a purpose like designing a good diet to promote health. If the endgame is health and vitality then it pays to move toward a raw food and a whole food diet