"raw foods" news and stories

California Salad. Photo: The Skinny Chef

A heat wave has hit the East Coast and I cook every day, sometime four to five hours straight. Unfortunately, as the temperature rises, my small air-conditioning units can't compete with the oven heat. My solution -- I'll bake during the morning, let the oven cool down and go raw for dinner. While eating all meals raw can be a challenge -- I tried it last summer for a week -- eating raw one meal a day can be easy.

The raw diet consists of natural, unprocessed foods that are not heated above 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Most raw foodists eat mainly plant-based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, beans, grains and legumes. They believe that the raw foods provide energy-charged nutrients that are killed during cooking, mainly enzymes that not only fuel the body but can provide other astounding health benefits.

Read more about the benefits of a raw food diet and a cool California salad recipe after the jump.