Raw food and the Raw Food Diet are a new health craze sweeping across Hollywood and the rest of North America. Raw Foodists believe that if you eat only uncooked food you'll be much healthier and they have a good point.

You see cooking your food, like veggies is not the best idea. When you do that you cook a lot of the nutrients right out of them. You know that greenish water you see after you steam or boil veggies? That's a lot of the goodness you want out of those veggies.

Nuts are another big thing you don't want cooked or roasted. When a nut is cooked the good oils and fat you want in that nut are changed into something completely different. In fact those oils act a little like sugar in your body, plus they help to clog up your blood vessels while they are at it.

So raw food people have a good point. The more uncooked fruits, veggies and nuts you eat the more healthy you'll be.

Of course Raw Foodists don't believe in eating meat and also feel you only need about five percent of your calories coming from protein, about 50 grams a day. I would completely disagree with them on those ideas as it has been shown time an again that humans need protein, and even more so when they are exercising.

But overall I think Raw Foodists have good points. If at least 50 percent of your diet comes from raw, veggies, fruit and nuts, you'll be much healthier. Give it a try. You'll be amazed how good you feel.


d