Saturday, May 23, 2009

The Problem With Cooked Foods

The Problem With Cooked Foods

The reason the raw food movement has taken off with such force is because of the health benefits it brings. Cooking our foods is the norm. It is how 99.9% of us were brought up as soon as we were weaned off mother's milk.

Notice I didn't say off Beech Nut pureed fruits and vegetables, the usual step after weaning? That's because in order for the canning process to be complete, and all the harmful bacteria destroyed, it must be processed at extremely high temperatures. That means, basically, it's cooked.

The reason it's difficult getting babies to eat any cooked food is because instinctively they know it is not healthy. We have to train them to eat it!

What happens when a food is heated, or cooked? At about 116 degrees, vitamins are destroyed and minerals become unavailable to our bodies. The enzymes are also destroyed, which are necessary for our bodies to break down the food we eat.

So our bodies pull out enzymes from within the body to break down the food, depleting our own needed supply.

Protein is destroyed, or "de-natured", at about 160 degrees. So all those people worrying about where raw foodists get their protein is a moot point, because even they aren't getting the helpful, healthful protein they think they are getting!

What does it mean, to be de-natured? Think of an egg frying in a pan. The chemical bond in the protein is changed, and the structure itself changes. It cannot ever be changed back.

Our bodies do need protein, but not in this changed form. It is now no longer available to our bodies in the way it is needed. What it does instead is do harmful things in our bodies. Too much of this kind of protein is responsible for much of the disease and death in our country today.

What can you do about it? You can start taking charge of your own health - no one can do that for you. What you put into your body today is either making it stronger, healthier, able to resist the harmful toxins and cancer cells that are present in everyone's blood stream; or it is weakening your body, setting you up for future disease and early death.

A suggestion: Start eating more raw, fresh, ripe, organic (if possible) fruits. Make a meal of it! Have a green or fruit smoothie for breakfast.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Thanks! You have nooooo idea how much I have been talking about this post to my family. ^_^