What's the hype about raw foods?
Some raw foodies, go so far as not consuming anything that has been stirred or blended in fear of this process heating the foods, so what’s all the hype about? Why would anyone want to eat this way?
It’s said that when we cook or heat a food, we are destroying the nutrients, vitamins and minerals present, and disabling the naturally occurring enzymes present that help us digest the food.
How cooking transforms the properties of food?
Heating food has the additional downside of transforming into acidic toxins, which can be very damaging to our health.
Noosa Local, Scott Mathias, digestive health specialist, raw food educator, founder of iLifeFoods and author of soon to be released “Let’s Eat Raw”, says that when food is cooked, the molecular structure of the food changes. “The intermolecular bonds break down causing it to lose texture, colour and nutritional value. Proteins begin to be less effective and beneficial to the body. Carbohydrates (natural sugars) are leached away and flavours dissipate. Much of your food’s nutrients are therefore lost or compromised when cooked”, Mathias says.
With International Raw Food Day fast approaching this Friday the 11th of July, why not give the raw food lifestyle a shot?
Go to http://internationalrawfoodday.com/#wrap for more details and free recipes for the day, and to find out more about Scott and his upcoming book, visit http://scottmathiasraw.com
I’ll be participating in raw food day; you can follow my progress and meals on Facebook and Twitter too.
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Honor Tremain - Nutritionist and Health Writer
Honor is a qualified naturopathic Nutritionist and health writer. She is very passionate about nutrition and health, and has been working in the field for almost 20 years. Honor is the head nutrition writer for the multi-national Fitness First magazine, which won best app for an iPhone & tablet device in 2011 for the ‘Magazine excellence awards’. Honor also has her own ‘Ask Honor’ column and weekly health article in the APN newspapers for The Fraser Coast Chronicle and Observer in QLD. She designs weight loss meals and menu’s for Sydney based food manufacturer Core Food Concepts. Honor has lectured and supervised the Nutritional medicine students at one of Sydney’s largest Natural therapies college’s- Nature Care College. You can follow her and many of her articles on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HonorTremain
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