What are Raw Foods? An Intro to Their Benefits & Importance

On this episode of Healthytarian Living, host Evita Ochel (http://www.evitaochel.com) shares an introductory tutorial about raw foods, which are one important part of the Healthytarian dietary foundation.

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Topics covered include:

- Introduction (0:06)
- What are raw foods (1:34)
- Benefits of Raw Foods (4:27)
-- nutritional
-- digestive
-- energetic
-- for healing and prevention of various conditions

Related reading and references:

1. How to understand sprouts: http://www.evolvingwellness.com/post/understanding-sprouts-supreme-nutrition-life-energy

2. Enzymes and digestion in the stomach: http://www.foodenzymeinstitute.com/articles/digestion-in-the-stomach.aspx?list=bydate

3. Stomach acid, enzymes and digestion: http://jonbarron.org/article/stomach-acid#.VtiuXpMrKRs

4. Eat Your Food Uncooked by Dr. Mercola: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/03/21/eat-your-food-uncooked-heres-the-really-raw-truth.aspx

5. Raw vs. Cooked Food by Dr. Axe: http://draxe.com/the-heat-is-on-raw-vs-cooked-foods/

6. High Temperature Cooking by World’s Healthiest Foods: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=122

7. Heat Effects on Vegetable and Fruit Crops: https://extension.udel.edu/weeklycropupdate/?p=8354

8. The Science of raw fresh produce vs. cooked food: http://www.rawfoodlife.com/Articles___Research/Science_of_Raw_v__Cooked/science_of_raw_v__cooked.htm

9. Understanding raw food and human nutrition: http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/science

10. The World’s Healthiest Cooking: http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=23

11. Study: Effect of Heating on Vitamin C in Vegetables http://www.ijstr.org/final-print/nov2013/Effect-Of-Heating-On-Vitamin-C-Content-Of-Some-Selected-Vegetables.pdf

12. The dangers of over-cooking your food: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/05/29/over-cooking.aspx

13. Change in quality of life and immune markers after raw vegan stay: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2486444/

Видео What are Raw Foods? An Intro to Their Benefits & Importance канала Healthytarian with Evita Ochel