Article: Dining in the raw

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Dining in the raw

 

Louise Crosby, The Ottawa Citizen

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

 

Natasha Kyssa is lean, fit and glowing. At 45, she is a picture of

youth and vitality. She says it's the raw food.

 

For the past 14 years, this Ottawa woman has eaten " living foods "

almost exclusively. In the vegan raw foods culture, this means only

fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes and grains, much of

which is made more digestible by soaking, sprouting, blending, juicing

and fermenting.

 

That means no meat, chicken or fish, obviously. No dairy foods, sugar,

coffee or tea. No canned fruit or vegetables or commercial fruit juices

that have been heated or pasteurized. No bubbling macaroni and cheese,

wood oven-fired pizza or sizzling stir-frys. No steaming, roasting,

grilling or baking.

 

It sounds restrictive, but raw foodists have come up with clever and

imaginative ways of turning raw ingredients into gourmet masterpieces.

 

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