What is a Raw Food Diet?
What is a Raw Food Diet? What’s a raw food diet? Get the facts on eating only raw food in this video.
Expert: Sari Greaves, RD, CDN Step Ahead Weight Loss Center Nutrition Director
Transcript
A raw food diet is just what it sounds like – you only eat raw food. As in at least 75 percent of your meals and snacks are not heated above 116 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature is chosen because the diet’s creators believe that the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables wither away when cooked at high heats.
While on a raw diet you can expect to eat vegetarian or most likely vegan. That means no meat, no dairy, no eggs, no animal ingredients and MOST importantly, NO processed foods.
Research has linked eating processed foods to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. Plus, they’re rather high in sugars and empty calories and low in essential vitamins.
Last Modified: 2012-11-17
Category: Health and Nutrition, Videos
