What are the benefits of a raw food diet? Does it work? If you have experienced this, what are the pros/cons?

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1. kevin231 says:

   July 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm

   The raw food diet is how we were meant to eat, the best raw food diet is one with mostly fruit and some veggies, most veggies aren’t fit for human consumption, have you ever been attracted to eating a raw veggie without seasoning, etc? There are only a handful of veggies that we can consider human food, and some can be considered fruit(romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, celery, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and bell peppers(all colors except green which are unripe)).

   Beyond that I highly recommend lots of fresh air and sunshine and abandonment of pharmaceuticals, creams, soaps, cigarettes, etc(assuming you don’t absolutely need them, I don’t know you and the raw food diet may lead to you saying good-bye to these products). I wash in just water and brush my teeth with just my brush and water.

   If you live like this you can say good-bye to 99% of all disease including cancer, diabetes, etc, and never have to worry about them again.

   Edit: Read the book 80/10/10 and check out this website – http://www.rawschool.com/basics.htm

   Edit #2: If you go raw, watch out for someone named David Wolfe, he’s a con artist and his main goal is to sell his "superfoods."
2. kpaschke says:

   July 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm

   Health:
   Reduces body fat and inflammation because of low levels of c-reactive protein.
   Increases energy
   Sturdier immune system that recovers from disease faster

   Energy Efficiency:
   No Cooking = No electricity
   Organic agriculture helps to save the planet

   Others Benefits:
   Most become more in-tune with their body
   A lot of people report spiritual improvements
   No animal products are used and the animals are thankful!
3. Laura C says:

   July 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm

   I think it’s amazing for your body and have planned on starting one for a while now.. Read "Eat to live" by Joel Furhman. Excellent book.