Why Raw?
Transitioning to a raw lifestyle, or simply introducing raw food into your daily diet, will be the biggest favor you do for yourself! Without counting calories, carbs or fat grams, you will begin losing weight and feeling years younger. Raw foods allows you to heal yourself, gain energy and look more vibrant...quickly!
It's understandable, you cannot simply drop your Starbucks and pick up a green smoothie and expect to be raw immediately. Going raw is a gradual process, and whether you get to 100% or 10% raw, you will still experience health benefits, and will be changing your life for the better.
Enzymes
One of the main reasons that the raw diet is for you is the enzymes that exist in only raw foods. Cooking food (anything over 112 degrees) destroys all its enzymes. Enzymes are pivotal to our bodies - life literally depends on enzymes. We need enzymes for every function, including walking, talking and breathing.
Your body has a natural reserve of enzymes, and these cannot be replenished. As we age, our bodies' enzyme source begins to dwindle away each year. When we eat cooked foods, these enzymes are being used for digestion, and the food that is not as rapidly digested stores in our bodies as toxins, leading to disease. When we eat raw foods, however, these foods are full of enzymes, allowing them to be digested by their own enzymes, not essentially "stealing" from your body.
Your body has a natural reserve of enzymes, and these cannot be replenished. As we age, our bodies' enzyme source begins to dwindle away each year. When we eat cooked foods, these enzymes are being used for digestion, and the food that is not as rapidly digested stores in our bodies as toxins, leading to disease. When we eat raw foods, however, these foods are full of enzymes, allowing them to be digested by their own enzymes, not essentially "stealing" from your body.
Acid Alkaline Balance
Food has a tremendous effect on the acid-alkaline balance in your body. When your body has too much acidity, you will most likely have acute or chronic diseases. Many common symptoms of an overly acidic body are arthritis, depression, headaches, lethargy, gastritis, dulled mentality, canker sores, fatigue, muscle stiffness, stomach aches, chest pain, constipation, irritability, sinus problems, acid reflux, and sleep problems. Cancer is an example of a very serious condition which is affected by the acid-alkaline balance; cancer cells grown in an acidic environment.
Our bodies can become overly acidic mainly due to diet. The majority of SAD (Standard American Diet) includes acid forming foods, for example meat, sugar, fat, low complex carbohydrates, dairy, flour, pasta, bread, cooked grains, candy, soda, coffee, chemical additives, preservatives and synthetic vitamins. Eating raw is the best way to ensure your body's optimal pH balance.
Our bodies can become overly acidic mainly due to diet. The majority of SAD (Standard American Diet) includes acid forming foods, for example meat, sugar, fat, low complex carbohydrates, dairy, flour, pasta, bread, cooked grains, candy, soda, coffee, chemical additives, preservatives and synthetic vitamins. Eating raw is the best way to ensure your body's optimal pH balance.
Why go Raw?
There are so many reasons that you can decide to go raw, the range is endless.
Energy
Weight loss
Weight management
Want to progress from vegetarian or vegan
Improve senses
Reduce carbon footprint
Better concentration
Reverse signs of aging
Detoxify your body
Become more vibrant
Get that glow
Strengthen immune system
Reduce your chance of disease
Extend your life
Increased clarity
Reduce food bills
Reduce medications
Balance
Younger looking skin
Environmentally friendly
Easy meal prep
Want to eat whole, natural food
Reduce waste
You love fruits and vegetables
Learn your body's natural rhythms
Experience an adventure!
Energy
Weight loss
Weight management
Want to progress from vegetarian or vegan
Improve senses
Reduce carbon footprint
Better concentration
Reverse signs of aging
Detoxify your body
Become more vibrant
Get that glow
Strengthen immune system
Reduce your chance of disease
Extend your life
Increased clarity
Reduce food bills
Reduce medications
Balance
Younger looking skin
Environmentally friendly
Easy meal prep
Want to eat whole, natural food
Reduce waste
You love fruits and vegetables
Learn your body's natural rhythms
Experience an adventure!
