Ah, Thanksgiving.... all that turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and whipped cream...yummy ! Wait, here comes the sleepiness, bloated bellies.... too full ! The Thanksgiving dinner is great but I can't imagine eating like that everyday. The typical North American diet however is way too loaded with processed food, sugar, pasturized dairy products, "enriched" bread made from highly processed flour, caffine etc.These types of food are low in enzymes & some of them also make the body more acidic.( we absorb oxygen & nutrients better & detoxify ourselves easier, when our bodies are less acidic ) Enzymes, though hardly given any attention, are VERY important. they are the critters in the cells of all living plants & animals . enzymes not only help us digest our food ( like the tonne of pumpkin pie we ate ) but they also help us with our other body functions as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymes Raw food- that is, unrefined, uncooked, fresh, organic food, is rich in enzymes & oxygen, which make us healthy & give us higher energy & improved moods. Enzymes enemy is heat. Cooking or heating food past about 120 degrees kills the enzymes. Our own bodies can make a lot of the enzymes we need, but the process of making our own enzymes takes time & energy away from us, that could be put to better uses, like healing, maintanance & repair. We also aren't able to manufacture as many of our own enzymes when we get older so it makes sense to try adding a little more raw food to our diets. Be sure to check out my new recipe for a cool new way to add some raw food to those turkey leftovers !
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Too much Turkey ? How about some raw food ? !
Ah, Thanksgiving.... all that turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and whipped cream...yummy ! Wait, here comes the sleepiness, bloated bellies.... too full ! The Thanksgiving dinner is great but I can't imagine eating like that everyday. The typical North American diet however is way too loaded with processed food, sugar, pasturized dairy products, "enriched" bread made from highly processed flour, caffine etc.These types of food are low in enzymes & some of them also make the body more acidic.( we absorb oxygen & nutrients better & detoxify ourselves easier, when our bodies are less acidic ) Enzymes, though hardly given any attention, are VERY important. they are the critters in the cells of all living plants & animals . enzymes not only help us digest our food ( like the tonne of pumpkin pie we ate ) but they also help us with our other body functions as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymes Raw food- that is, unrefined, uncooked, fresh, organic food, is rich in enzymes & oxygen, which make us healthy & give us higher energy & improved moods. Enzymes enemy is heat. Cooking or heating food past about 120 degrees kills the enzymes. Our own bodies can make a lot of the enzymes we need, but the process of making our own enzymes takes time & energy away from us, that could be put to better uses, like healing, maintanance & repair. We also aren't able to manufacture as many of our own enzymes when we get older so it makes sense to try adding a little more raw food to our diets. Be sure to check out my new recipe for a cool new way to add some raw food to those turkey leftovers !
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