For the past two or three weeks, I’ve been eating more raw foods. Mostly fruits. I am starting to shy away from the processed foods and candies. Sure, they still taste good, but nothing compares to eating an apple right now. It is almost like a cup of coffee, but without a crash at the end. And the taste is explosive, much unlike any boxed food I can find. Living foods has a wonderful quality to it that cooked foods do not have. It gives me an extra boost that is hard to explain, but it leaves me clearer in all aspects of my body and mind. I do not think us humans were meant to eat cooked food. Sure, we can tolerate it because it’s been forced down our throats for so many years and we had to adjust as a survival mechanism. But since we have evolved over millions of years not eating cooked food, what makes us think that we can all of the sudden eat food that has been cooked?
I know that we can survive on both diets, but with all of these diseases people are experiencing these days, from cancer to diabetes, I wonder what the root cause of all this is. At least part of it has to be diet-related. In America, we are a culture that loves food. We even have a holiday devoted to just stuffing ourselves to the brim and then having dessert. A country that cooks millions of giant birds every November to fill our gluttonous needs. I believe the reason we overeat is that the foods we are eating are low in nutrients because of the cooking and the way the food is grown/raised. Now that we’ve interfered with nature so much that our foods are grown with chemical fetilizer and our meat is raised with hormones and antibiotics, it is no wonder our country’s population is going downhill healthwise. And it may be more expensive to shop organic, but the quality is well-worth the extra cash. Also, not cooking the fruits and veggies you happen to purchase will also give you the best nutrient bang for your buck.
Whenever we eat cooked food, our white blood cells go on attack mode. That should tell us something. If our body is telling us the Egg McMuffin is a foreign invader, not suitable for consumption by anyone, then why do we keep eating it, putting a strain on our digestive system and our immune system? If our bodies are constantly working to fight off the food we are eating, is it any wonder to you that disease just happens to slip in under the guard? And this is the big problem. If there is an opening for any sort of virus or bad bacteria to get through, it will get through and cause problems. The body will need all its resources to fight these intruders, but if you are still eating the cooked diet, it will need to expend some energy digesting the massive amount of french fries and fried dough that is resting in your stomach. I believe that is one reason that when we are sick we do not feel like eating. Our body sends us a signal that we should not be eating right now because our body is trying to repair itself. And if you are going to eat anything at all, why not make it a fruit or a green smoothie? It digests much quicker than cooked food, in 20 minutes to be precise.
I am no expert on raw foods, but I do know one thing. To me, it makes sense. It just makes sense to me. Intuitively, logically, and spiritually. I just think about all the times I’ve burned myself on the stove. That is what we are doing to our food. If you stuck your hand in a pot of boiling water for ten minutes, wouldn’t you think there would be some damage? That is the same thing that is happening to our foods when we put them in the pot. We are damaging our foods. I, for one, do not feel that this practice will contribute to optimal health. It will most likely contribute to premature death. All the toxin accumulation from the harmful free radicals that from when food is put at a certain temperature will take us all down slowly if we do not monitor our raw vs. cooked foods. This may or may not be for everyone, but the more I think about it, the more I believe that raw foods is food in its natural state, the way the Earth is offering it to us. It is there for our survival and to change its nature in any way is to alter what is intended for you. Why not try it? I bet it is the ultimate weight loss diet. I’ve read plenty of testimonials that say so.
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Its interesting that we can condition ourselves to like or dislike anything. We condition ourselves based on external influences until the point we decide to step back and see things from a soul-level perspective.