Has Anyone Tried A Raw Foods Diet?

[Gottagetahybrid]

I was just wondering about the raw food diet and if it really made a difference in your health/way you feel? I need to up the vitamin intake in my diet but I'm not sure this would be the way to do it. Anyone?

[Bobsthelast]

I haven't ever tried it, but I have a friend who swears by it. But then, he never gets to come to dinner because we cook. :P Honestly, we do make provisions for him if we have a dinner party or a cook out.

[Quincy]

Well, it is good but some foods are just better cooked, like for example carrots. Vitamins from boiled carrots are more easily utilized than those in raw carrots. This is certainly a keypoint to have in mind.

[Casey]

I have never tried it, but I do know that certain veggies are better for you if cooked and release more vitamins cooked than uncooked. There was an episode of Dr. Oz where he went over a few veggies that are better for you if they are cooked because their nutrients are released better that way. I can't remember which ones were better cooked, but I'm sure if you did some research you could figure it out.

[Bobsthelast]

That's certainly interesting. I don't think humans have eaten a totally raw diet since we discovered fire, quite some time ago. LOL I don't think I would be able to live on a diet like a raw food diet. I'm too partial to my cooked foods. But then, I don't want them cooked to death.

[janicedale]

I am more on veggie salad such as Asian Salad and Ceasar Salad. It is healthier and I used to eat this because it is easy to prepare. I am more into vegetables than meat, that is why I should I am healthy because I know my food.

[BioJohn]

... and it is working! I've tried to concentrate on green, leafy, vegetables - as they are high in Vit A, K and B, but I have, also, been eating 2 avocado's per day, as suggested by a friend. I'm over 50 and nothing seems to work as well as a raw foods diet. In 3 weeks, I've lost well over 12 lbs - not excercising.