1. Enzymes do a Body Good
Living foods are any plant-based foods that have not been cooked beyond 116 degrees F, protecting the natural enzymes. When you cook your food, you literally alter the molecular structure, lowering the nutrient value and decreasing your body's ability to digest the food. Enzymes are extremely important, as they help your body to use food as much as possible. When foods are not properly utilized, that is when food is poorly digested and absorbed, the result is a higher level of toxicity within the cells and organs of the body, making you feel sluggish, hungry and even ill.
2. Living Live
A living foods diet, when adopted as the only means of eating, is not simply a vegan or vegetarian diet, but a way of life. Raw-foodists, or people who consume at least 75 percent raw food in their daily diet, claim to have limitless energy, clear minds and increased health. Others have claimed spiritual enlightenment, attunement with their bodies and relatively easy breaking of old addictions, such as drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
3. Baby Steps to Living Foods
While becoming a raw-foodist is a difficult decision and a huge lifestyle change, it doesn't mean that you cannot benefit from a living foods diet. We all know the importance of eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as grains and seeds. Becoming aware of the benefits of a living foods diet and adding the concepts into your regular routine can greatly improve your overall health and well-being, even if you never become a true raw-foodist. Adding one living foods meal a day or even a few meals a week is a great first step to better health.
4. Cleaning House With a Living Foods Detox
Many people choose to eat only raw foods for a specific length of time, varying from 1 week to 4 months, as a means of detoxing the body. After 1 week on a raw food diet, all of the processed and/or cooked foods in your system will have been expelled. After a few months, all of the chemicals and food additives stored in your body's cells will have been eliminated as well. It will only take a few days for you to begin to notice clearing of skin, improved elimination and digestion, better sleeping and increased energy.
5. Eat Light, Be Light
Whether used short or long term, a living foods diet can be a great way of achieving permanent weight loss. Because raw foods are more easily absorbed and digested, many people claim they feel more satisfied after eating and less hungry throughout they day. You will also notice that it is more difficult to return to regular eating habits after a few weeks on a living foods diet, as the effects of fatty or high-sugar foods, the taste of chemical additives and the heavy feeling you experience after eating cooked meals become far more obvious.
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