Raw Foodism
While digging through last weekend's Newsday for the comics section, I saw a large featured article about raw foods, mainly about the advent of gourmet raw food that have sprung up along with fancy raw food restaurants. Advocates of raw foodism claim that it is a healthier lifestyle and is something of a devolution back to how humans should eat--raw, raw, raw.
As someone who likes her vegetables stir-fried, her cheese melted, her breads baked, and her meat well-done, I don't think I could ever subscribe to such a diet where adherents eat primarily or strictly raw foods. Some raw foodists follow a strictly vegan diet. Can't do that... calcium concerns, plus I love cheese! Other raw foodists follow a vegetarian diet. But I love seafood! And meat! And there are even other raw foodists who follow an omnivorous diet... all I can say is: *shudder* Heck, I even shudder at the thought of eating sushi topped with raw fish.
There seem to be a lot of claims on both sides concerning the health benefits of following a raw food lifestyle. Advocates say that a raw food diet prevents and/or heals many health problems. Critics find of slew of issues pertaining to certain nutrition deficiencies and disease risks that come with eating food unheated.
In the meantime, I'm going to stick to my current cooked food diet and go eat a microwaved lunch, comprising of last night's leftover of string beans, mushrooms, onions, ground beef, tomato sauce, ziti, and cheeeeese, all baked together. Yum.
As someone who likes her vegetables stir-fried, her cheese melted, her breads baked, and her meat well-done, I don't think I could ever subscribe to such a diet where adherents eat primarily or strictly raw foods. Some raw foodists follow a strictly vegan diet. Can't do that... calcium concerns, plus I love cheese! Other raw foodists follow a vegetarian diet. But I love seafood! And meat! And there are even other raw foodists who follow an omnivorous diet... all I can say is: *shudder* Heck, I even shudder at the thought of eating sushi topped with raw fish.
There seem to be a lot of claims on both sides concerning the health benefits of following a raw food lifestyle. Advocates say that a raw food diet prevents and/or heals many health problems. Critics find of slew of issues pertaining to certain nutrition deficiencies and disease risks that come with eating food unheated.
In the meantime, I'm going to stick to my current cooked food diet and go eat a microwaved lunch, comprising of last night's leftover of string beans, mushrooms, onions, ground beef, tomato sauce, ziti, and cheeeeese, all baked together. Yum.