All You Wanted to Know About the Raw Food Diet

A Defining Moment

Before jumping into the nuts and buts of a raw food diet, it  would be expedient to define some key terms.

Raw: a material that is in its natural, unprocessed form, e.g.  a food that has not been cooked

Vegan: a person who ascribes to a philosophy and lifestyle  the seeks to exclude the use of animals for food

Enzymes: biomolecules that catalyze, i.e. increase the rates  of, chemical reactions

Legumes: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas  or beans or lentils)

Unpasteurized: refers to a liquid that has no gone through  the process of heating for the purpose of destroying  bacteria, protozoa, molds, and yeast.

Organic: in reference to foods that are grown without the  use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human  waste, or sewage sludge, and that were processed without  ionizing radiation or food additives.