Article: Raw ambition: Freshest foods changing diets and kitchens

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Raw ambition: Freshest foods changing diets and kitchens

 

By Chiara Assi

Posted January 12, 2010 at 8:35 p.m.

 

There’s been a lot of talk about raw foods lately. Vegetarians.

Vegans. And now raw foodists. They insist that everything you eat

should be eaten, you guessed it, raw or “living.”

 

But what does that mean? The “living” part refers to the enzymes

naturally present in fruits, vegetables, grains and beans. Enzymes

don’t do well in the heat — they start dying as soon as the cooking

temperature reaches 102 degrees. By the time the food you are cooking

reaches 126 degrees, they are all gone. And since enzymes aid your

digestion, destroying them is something you want to avoid, according

to the raw food movement.

 

But that’s not all. Raw foodists believe in eating an uncooked,

unheated, unprocessed and organic plant-based diet. Local private chef

Sal Montezinos has recently joined the movement and is eager to share

his knowledge with the people in Naples.

 

Full story:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/12/raw-ambition-freshest-foods-changing-\

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