raw benefits

Raw and living foods are foods that contain enzymes. Heating food above 116 degrees Fahrenheit is believed to destroy enzymes in food that can assist in the digestion and absorption of food. Because all of your minerals, herbs, vitamins, and hormones need enzymes to properly function, a diet without living foods can lead to disease, excessive weight gain, and loss of energy. The following are benefits many experience as a result of a raw food diet:

Weight loss, easy weight management

Lipase and Protease are example of enzymes found abundantly in raw live foods that assist in weight management. Lipase helps your body in digestions, fat distribution, and fat burning of energy. Without lipase, fat stagnates and accumulates. Protease helps break down proteins and eliminate toxins. Eliminating toxins is essential when you are burning fat because your body stores excess toxins in body fat.

Additionally, when you eat cooked food your body receives a signal that you are not getting sufficient nutrients. Your body then thinks it needs to store fat to prevent starvation and also makes you feel hungry. You can see how this cycle leads to over eating and fat accumulation.

More Energy

It’s hard to understand the energy effects of eating raw until you try it but it truly gives you an amazing boost. Plants lose nutrients when heated above 116 degrees and particular enzymes are killed. If you stay away from highly processed foods and focus on eating as raw as possible, energy will increase due to high enzyme and nutrition content.

Improved resistance to illness

When you eat a higher percentage of raw foods, your intake of vitamins A and C are higher, as well as antioxidant levels. Your immunity in everyday life is boosted and risks for serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure are lower.

Better digestion

When you eat raw foods you are consuming a higher content of fiber. This improves digestion and elimination processes in your body. Additionally, the human body produces approximately 22 different digestive enzymes that are capable of digesting carbohydrates, protein and fats. Raw vegetables and raw fruit are rich sources of these enzymes.

Healthier skin

Eating raw means cutting out processed foods, preservatives and chemicals. When you replace these with raw, living nutrients, your body on the whole is healthier, and many claim an improvement in skin clarity.