The first advantage of a raw food diet is
the elimination of foods that are
generally eaten cooked—like meat, fish,
pasta, and foods made with these
products.
Raw foods, on the other hand, are rich
in vitamins and trace elements, whose
function is to stimulate and enable the
enzymatic activity on which all vital
processes depend.
By eating regular and
generous portions of raw food, one
consumes large quantities of enzyme
activators. Due to this intake, body
functions that were dulled by toxins and
deficiencies are put back to work.
Raw foods introduce not only enzyme
activators, but also enzymes contained in
the foods themselves. Every animal and
plant body contains enzymes it needs to
sustain life. They are available to the
plant or animal for its own biochemical
requirements.
For people coping with disease,
eating raw foods triggers an interior
response like the effect of a cool breeze
on embers that are in danger of going out
—or like a water current reaching the
hollow bed of a dry river.
The benefits of a raw food diet,
however, should not blind us to the fact
that it is a therapeutic diet, and it cannot
be continued indefinitely and
exclusively. Serious nutrient
deficiencies and a loss of vitality are
common problems that can arise.
