Category — Mainstream Raw Food Diet

One of the arguments for adopting a raw food diet is that raw foods contain enzymes that can aid in human digestion. The idea is that if we consume “living” foods with their enzymes intact, our bodies can actually utilize these enzymes in the digestion of the food. This reasoning has just never sat right [...]

* What’s New: Meet Me in Michigan * Feature Article: 4 Ways to Improve the Mainstream Raw Food Diet Meet Me in Michigan From Friday-Sunday, October 8-10, 2010, Dr. Douglas Graham (author of The 80/10/10 Diet) is going to be presenting five, 3-hour health lectures in Livonia, Michigan. The schedule is: Friday Night – Fasting: [...]

This may seem like a strange question, seeing as this is a blog dedicated to raw FOODS.  Keep reading and you’ll see why it’s perfectly reasonable. You see, many raw foodists think that raw food is the end all be all.  They believe that if they shun cooked food and only eat raw food, they [...]

One unfortunate aspect of the mainstream raw food diet is the amount of oil used. Raw foodists are known for eating salads drenched in olive oil, creating oily, dehydrated mixtures, and even adding coconut and flax seed oils to their fruit smoothies! In addition to all this oil, raw foodists also tend to eat lots [...]

Here are 3 key points that many raw foodists – including the so-called “gurus” I chastised last week – falter on or even flat out ignore, and yet are so important for getting crazy awesome raw food results. It’s a little R.A.W. formula I came up with to help all you struggling raw foodies out [...]