Say NO to RAW!

Exploring Food Myths:

Asking my patients to NOT consume raw foods has always -without fail- led to expressions of shock and surprise on their part! As a naturopath well-versed in nutritional sciences, I can understand my patients’ doubts when I recommend cooked meals. But what about everyone else on the most recent fad diet band wagon eating raw? Most patients come to me expecting to go on a raw foods/juicing diet and believe they are doing their body good. But having a large portion of your diet made up of raw foods isnot for every body!

I have always tried to explain this from a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective. There’s the Yin and Yang nature of foods, some bodies’ abilities to digest, assimilate & utilize nutrients from foods, and the necessity to ensure part of the food breakdown is completed prior to foods reaching our mouth and stomach for certain constitutional body types. There’s now scientific evidence that confirms many traditional medical beliefs including the TCM theory of raw foods.

Here’s the study quoted and commented on by Dr. Weil MD;  there’s now more evidence as to why raw foods aren’t all that they are hyped up to be!