When food is cooked above 118 degrees F for three minutes or longer, its protein has become coagulated, its sugar has become caramelized, its natural fibers have been broken down, which means it will take longer to move through the intestinal tract, 30% to 50% of its vitamins and minerals have been destroyed and 100% of its enzymes have been destroyed. Cooked food depletes our body's enzyme potential and drains the energy we need to maintain and repair our tissues and organ systems and ...
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Sprouts are one of the most complete and nutritional of all foods that exist. Sprouts are rich with vitamins, minerals, proteins, and enzymes. Their nutritional value was discovered by the Chinese thousands of years ago. Recently, in the U.S., numerous scientific studies have shown the importance of sprouts in a healthy diet.

Have you ever heard of a vegetable which continues to gain vitamins after you harvest it? Sprouts do this. Sprouts are LIVING foods. Even after you harvest your sp...

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Green smoothies are made in a high speed blender NOT a juicer. Jucing is ok but you lose the fiber when you juice. When making green smoothies you want the fiber to remain in the smoothie.

Juicing removes the fiber. You can save the fiber to use in other ways if you choose to juice. I used to juice everything until I began the research on the raw food way of life. Now, I find that I was tossing out the best part, the fiber.

Of course, when juicing you should save all the pulp for your com...
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While it has been known for some time that eating cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, can help prevent breast cancer, the mechanism by which the active substances in these vegetables inhibit cell proliferation was unknown — until now.

Scientists in the UC Santa Barbara laboratories of Leslie Wilson, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology, and Mary Ann Jordan, adjunct professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, have ...
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I want to add what I think is the #1 Reason for eating oatmeal....it can be a way to get the other things you need into your system. Yogurt is something we should eat every day. Many people don't like yogurt so adding it to your oatmeal is the perfect solution! It flavors the oatmeal, removes the need to add milk or sugar and makes it even more powerful to your digestive system. ( I add my camu powder and acacia berry powder to my oatmeal)

You can use oatmeal to add your daily intake of c...
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