Article: Raw Food Diets

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Raw Food Diets

 

By EarthTalk

Mar 27, 2010

 

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - A raw foods diet typically consists of

unprocessed foods that are not heated above 115 degrees Fahrenheit so

as to preserve nutrients otherwise lost during cooking. Proponents

claim that besides losing weight and feeling more energetic, they are

also avoiding the carcinogens introduced into foods by cooking and

protecting the environment from drug- and chemical-dependent, water-

wasting big-business agriculture.

 

Some people do short spurts on the raw diet to cleanse their system of

toxins, while others maintain a majority raw diet but do eat some

cooked or processed foods. Diabetics can especially benefit from a raw

foods diet, as shown in the film Simply Raw, which documents the

trials and tribulations of six diabetes sufferers who go on a raw

foods diet for one month and effectively cure themselves of their

disease.

 

While humans have been eating raw foods since they first began

foraging for their sustenance, the diet really began to catch on in

recent years when some high-profile celebrities began touting its

health and weight maintenance benefits. Carol Alt, Woody Harrelson,

Uma Thurman, Sting and Demi Moore are just a few of the big names who

swear by the raw foods diet—and now upwards of 100 raw foods

restaurants are in operation across the U.S. For a list of raw food

eateries by state, check out the SoyStache website.

 

Full story:

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Food_and_Nutrition_690/Raw_Food_Diets.shtml

 

Raw restaurant listing: http://www.soystache.com/raw-food-restaurants.htm