Bad
fats |
"Bad fats" are fats which are
commonly found in certain foods-
cooked foods, junk foods, and fast foods- which may accumulate a
harmful affect on the human body.
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Commercial |
When the term commercial is used,
it is usually referring to food that has been grown for the purposes of
being sold on a large scale. Fruit grown commercially, for
example, is usually grown in large fields, and sprayed with
pesticides. Commercially grown produce is often viewed as not
containing as much care, as organic produce, towards neither the well
being of the environment nor the health of individuals.
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Dehydrator |
A dehydrator is an appliance which
dries fresh
foods by slowly taking out the water content.
Dehydrating leaves the food with a more intense flavor.
Dehydrating is a process similar to cooking. The difference
between cooking and dehydrating is that cooking destroys nutrients,
whereas dehydrating, has been asserted as keeping enzymes and nutrients
intact. In addition to enhancing the taste of raw foods,
dehydration also prolongs the shelf life of food, allowing you to keep
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Detoxification
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Detoxification, or "detox" is the
term used to describe the cleansing process that the body undergoes to
rid itself of toxins.
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Excalibur |
Excalibur is the name of a company which makes
a high quality dehydrator.
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Fasting |
Fasting is the process of
abstaining from solid food for a certain period of time in order to
experience physical rejuvenation.
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Food
Processor |
A food processor is an accessory
which shreds vegetables and fruit.
Rather than hand cutting bell peppers to put in your dehydrator or
salad, you can simply put them into a food processor and it will slice
them for
you.
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Fresh
fruit |
Fresh fruit refers to fruit which
has not been cooked or processed in any way. It
is in the condition that it grew in from
nature.
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Good
fat |
"Good fats" are fats found in
foods such as avocadoes,
olives, coconuts and nuts, which do not harm us by raising blood
pressure, or cholesterol, and do not cause obesity when eaten.
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Green
Smoothie |
A green smoothie is a smoothie
made with fruit and
leafy greens blended together. For example, bananas and spinach
blended
together is an example of a green smoothie. Yes, it actually
taste good.
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How
raw are you? |
As you continue to discover more
about the raw foods diet, you will notice the question “How raw are
you?” This strange sounding question is actually in reference to
how much raw food you eat on a daily basis. Many people do not
consume a completely raw diet, and therefore may eat 25% raw food
daily, or 50% raw food daily. Some eat between 75%-100% raw food
every day.
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In-shell
nuts |
The term "In-shell nuts" refer to
nuts that are sold within their
shells and have not undergone any processing or heating.
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Juicer
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A juicer is a kitchen appliance
that squeezes the
juice from
fruits and vegetables. When you put an apple into a juicer and
you
create apple juice. When you put a carrot into a juicer you
create
carrot juice.
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Living
Foods |
Both the term “raw food” and
“living foods” refer to food which has been neither heated nor
processed. The term "living food," may also refer to a raw food
which
has additionally been sprouted.
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Organic |
Organic foods are foods that have
been grown without
any unnatural chemicals, or gone through any unnatural
processing. Organic soil is said to have more nutrients than soil
of commercially grown fruits and vegetables. Because the fruit is
healthier, organic food is usually considered to be tastier and
healthier for us.
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Processed
food |
A processed food is a food that
has undergone a
process which changes it dramatically from its natural
characteristics.
For example, sugar begins as sugar cane- a tuff stalk, which contains
sweet yellowish juice inside. After a process of cooking, and
heavy refining, it becomes the white crystals that are sold in
stores. It no longer resembles its original characteristics in
looks. Nor does it resemble its original state in nutritional
value.
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SAD diet |
The SAD diet stands for the
Standard American Diet. The Standard American Diet- or SAD diet,
is the diet that most United States citizens eat. It consists of
fast food, junk food, cooked food, additives, soft drinks, candy, and
processed food, and after all of that- a little bit of a fruit or a
vegetable. Unfortunately, a lot of health distresses are
attributed to the SAD diet.
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Sea Vegetables |
Sea Vegetables, such as dulse,
nori, spirulina and kelp, are seaweed which
raw foodists eat because they are high in nutritional value.
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Soaking
nuts and seeds |
Soaking nuts and seeds is a
process of placing nuts or seeds, in water in order to awaken the
sprouting process.
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Sprouting |
Sprouting is the process of
bringing a seed into the first stages of growth. For example, a
bean is a seed in dormant. Once it is soaked, it will begin to
grow into a plant by developing a shoot and eventually leaves.
Sprouts are eaten when the bean first begins the process of growing
into a plant.
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Toxins |
Toxins are any byproduct from
food, which once it is
digested, causes harmful or potentially harmful affects in our
body.
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Vitamix |
Vitamix is a name that you
will
see floating around raw food message boards and literature.
Vitamix the name of a company who makes an extremely high quality
blender, which many raw foodist use. In the raw food arena, it is
very important to have a high quality blender because a blender may
eventually replace your stove.
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Whole
Foods |
Whole foods are foods which are in
a whole, natural state, and have not been adulterated, either by
additives, chemicals, or processing of any kind (with the exception of
cooking, if desired). Some examples of whole foods include, fresh
fruit, fresh vegetables, beans, brown rice, and oatmeal.
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Wildcrafted |
Wildcrafted herbs have been
grown and harvested in the wild. Herbs grown in the wild are
found to have more
medicinal content compared to cultivated herbs. Therefore, some
find it
beneficial to purchase herbs that have been wildcrafted.
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