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Benefits of Eating Raw Food

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What is a Raw Food Diet?

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Raw Foods are food items that are undercooked or not cooked at all. There are certain types of food which can be consumed even if they are not cooked. A thoroughly cooked food with added spices obviously feel good to the taste buds, but in a way cooking foods kills many vitamins that are present in the vegetable being cooked. A lot of salads, seeds, nuts, grains come under the group of raw foods. When eating raw foods, the body gets the nutrients and vitamins necessary for healthy functioning of the body whereas cooked food loses most of its essential nutrients and are not useful health wise as raw foods are.

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Benefits of Eating Raw Foods
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Eating raw foods may not feel good to begin with to the taste buds but for starters you can incorporate about 50% raw foods in your diet and the remaining 50% you can eat regularly or slightly cooked foods with the ratio of raw foods being increased gradually. This article explains the various benefits of eating Raw Foods and the downside of eating cooked or processed foods.

What are the Disadvantages of Cooked Food?

To begin with, we will start with the downsides of eating cooked foods. As states above, when cooked, a vegetable loses most of its enzymes, nutrients and vitamins required by the body for healthy living. Some of the other downsides of cooked or processed foods are overcooked foods may end up clogging of the colon leading to various gastrointestinal problems and other problems to include cancer, cardiac problems, diabetes and rapid degeneration of the joints.

What are the Benefits of Eating Raw Foods?

Coming to the benefits of eating Raw Food, this needs to be begun slowly and once it has been incorporated into your lifestyle it has a host of benefits.

Eating Raw Food is Beneficial in Increasing the Level of Energy: Once you start eating Raw Foods with the passage of time you yourself will feel that there is an increased level of energy inside you. The chores you used to feel reluctant to do you will start doing it in a normal fashion. Additionally, your cosmetic appearance also gets a makeover and you start to look more youthful and energetic. It is also seen that people who adhere to a raw foods diet tend to have a restful sleep and get up refreshed in the morning.

Benefits of Eating Raw Food on Skin Health: Another benefit of eating raw foods is its ability to affect the skin in a positive way. It improves overall skin health and makes it appear to be more younger and smooth.

Weight Loss Benefits of Including Raw Foods in your Diet: Another benefit of eating raw foods is that it helps in weight loss. Hence, people who are obese or are overweight can adhere to this form of diet with excellent results. In no time can they see the effects of eating raw foods with the way that they lose weight in a much healthier fashion.

Improved Digestion: Raw Foods also helps in improving the digestive powers of the body. Cooked food loses its vitamins and other nutrients which at times hamper the digestive process of the body which everyone once in a while encounters in the form of diarrhea, constipation, vomiting and the like. All these things can be taken care of by eating Raw Foods.

Control of Medical Conditions: Another benefit of eating Raw Foods is that it can help controlling and even avoiding certain medical conditions like diabetes, cardiac conditions and even degenerative joint diseases. Raw Foods aso contain a lot of nutrients like potassium, magnesium and fibers which go a long way in controlling medical conditions.

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These are some of the benefits of incorporating raw foods in your diet but it is important to note here that not every food can be eaten raw. You need to consult an experienced dietician if you are planning to start raw foods as an alternative to eating cooked and processed food.

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Team PainAssist
Team PainAssist
Written, Edited or Reviewed By: Team PainAssist, Pain Assist Inc. This article does not provide medical advice. See disclaimer
Last Modified On:January 30, 2019

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