November 20, 2008

What Are Raw Foods? - Nurse's Guide

If you've heard about raw foods or raw food diets you may be wondering — what are raw foods. I know a lot about raw foods because I've been eating them for many years, having cured myself of breast cancer, fibromyalgia, arthritis, acid reflux, sinus infections and many other ailments and conditions after starting on my own vegan raw food diet.
This short list of living plant foods are mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds in their natural form. They can't be cooked, canned, refined or processed in any way. They're also called living foods, because they're alive when you eat them whereas if it's been cooked it's no longer raw food.
They're no longer raw if they've been heated to 108-116 degrees. In the raw food vegan community it depends on who you're talking to as to the highest temperature these living foods can tolerate. As human beings we cannot tolerate these high temperatures.
People who eat raw or living foods predominately have superior health and are called raw foodists, raw fooders or raw vegans.
Many people think peanuts are nuts but they're not. Peanuts are legumes. It's confusing and it's why a lot of people don't know — what […]

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