So, you’ve decided to improve your health. One way of course, is to enhance your food program. The best way I’ve found is by adding more living/raw foods. Here’s how to make the transition.
Now, why would you do that, you ask? Simple! Living and raw foods both contain enzymes. Enzymes not only assist the body in its digestive processes, but are also components in every function the body does.
The difference in raw and living foods though is quite vast. Plant life that is fresh and organic is considered a raw or bioactive food; seeds, nuts, beans and grains that have been sprouted are living or biogenic foods — meaning, unless cooked or wilted, they are still growing and contain life and “life gives life.” Both, especially when eaten together, can be easily digested as they contain the enzymes necessary for our bodies to perform that function.
But, I eat salads everyday! Isn’t that enough? Well, if you look around and see/hear about the prevalence of many diseases such as kidney and gall stones, pancreatic and colon cancers, digestive disorders, infections, etc., why would you “settle” for less than what you can do? Should you wait for one of these diseases or would you rather do what you can to possibly prevent them?
And, if you are already ill, these foods should be included as a support for getting healthier. As the Chinese say (so I’ve heard), “focus on the good to eliminate the bad.” What that means in this case is, put more life-enhancing raw foods into your system and you wont have as much room for the “bad” — life-destructive “foods”.
But, what can I do instead of salads? I can’t go around munching on celery sticks all day!
Well, there are many alternatives. One of the easiest is raw juices.
The simplest way is, of course, to stop off at your local juice bar and grab a smoothie, or go to your nearest “natural” (not much is natural in most of them) foods store or even grocery store and grab a bottle of juice. Understand though, most bottled juices have been heated and most of the enzymes killed. There are still a few which haven’t taken to heating their juices, but you must read the labels to know which those are.
The best way of course is to juice your own. Any kind of juicer will do to start. Drag that dusty thing out of your cupboard, clean it up, go to a farmers’ market if you have one near you, or if not, find the freshest, organic produce you can find, and juice it.
After you’re sure you will stay with it, you may want to get a better juicer. With the centrifugal and masticating type, it’s best to drink the juice immediately. With the new twin blade juicers, you need only juice two to three times per week rather than two to three times per day, as the juice is not heated.
The reason you would need to drink the juice immediately with the centrifugal and masticating type juicers is because they rotate so quickly, they heat the juice, thus oxidizing (to add oxygen) them. With the twin-blade systems, the blades slowly grind the fruit and produce between the blades. You can even do greens, including wheat grass with the twin blade-type machines.
In future articles, I will tell you more about juicing, sprouts, raw foods, and what to do with them.
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