In order to preserve nutrients, many food lovers have already adopted the raw diet. Here is your practical guide to moving to raw food. The raw revolution is on! Popularized in the United States in the 1950s by Ann Wigmore, an American of Lithuanian origin who claims to have defeated two cancers through a healthy diet without cooking. The young woman founded the natural health institute named after her (Ann Wigmore Natural Health Institute) at that time. Since then, raw food has made sweet eyes successfully to chefs, bloggers and even to some celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow or Demi Moore. What are the benefits of this plan? How do you cook using no ovens, microwaves or plates? Raw food consists of consuming as much raw food as possible - or cooked at less than 42 ° C. "In my opinion, the goal is not to eat 100% raw, but to try to integrate this diet as much as possible into our daily life", recommends Odile Chabrillac who personally adopted it after a training course of Live feeding in Puerto Rico, two years ago.
Many people consuming raw are vegetarian, but as always in food, free to each choose the diet that suits them best. For my part, I am not a vegetarian, even if my meat consumption is at least anecdotal. Also called crudivorism, this diet offers many benefits if one wants to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Cooking below 42 °C helps preserve components of foods as much as possible that are sensitive to heat such as smaller, more fragile vitamins or enzymes, which could be said to be the vitality index of Food. What impact on our health does Raw Food have? This diet helps digestion, preserves and even increases our immunity and vitality. But be careful, the raw food is not suitable for everyone, If it's cold or when our work requires too much effort, this diet will hardly bring enough energy to last a whole day. It is important to properly inquire or consult a nutritionist before undertaking it.
This tasty diet is quite simple and quick to prepare, and moreover, joyful and colorful. It can be very diverse, once you have overcome your own fears and prejudices. Tools needed for this would be, kitchen basics (knives, cutting boards, etc.) are necessary to work fruits, vegetables, meat or fish, in salad or in carpaccio. To diversify our recipes, we have more specific tools such as a juicer or blender, a pencil sharpener or "the ultimate, a dehydrator that is a kind of oven blowing Air in order to dehydrate certain foods and thus keep them better. Nothing could be easier than a salad of raw vegetables, some vegetables can also be used to prepare sweet desserts to replace the butter, and especially to avoid cooking.
Meat products are prepared on the day of purchase to avoid the risk of intoxication. It is also important to reduce consumption considerably, once a week for example, and to favor other raw products. It is not a matter of saying goodbye to cereals and legumes! To taste them raw, just sprout them. To do this, a handful of lentils, oats, corn or chickpeas is placed at the bottom of a glass jar. It is half filled with water and the latter is closed by a compress and an elastic band. After a few days, the seeds have germinated and are ready to be integrated into the salads.
For fragrant and tasty recipes, you do not hesitate to vary the aromas. Spices, fresh herbs, vegetable oil, vinegar, dried fruits or natural sweeteners (agave syrup, honey), free to test several mixtures. Whether vegan, paleo, gluten-free or raw, diets must above all be synonymous with pleasure.