Justin J
6/7/2013
12:49:24 PM | Hiya Bill!,
I'm glad I helped! :)
A raw veggie diet is from my understanding a great detoxifying diet. However you can get more nutrients from some vegetables by cooking them, It breaks up the cell walls of the vegetable making more nutrients assorbable. Like lycopene in tomatoes, or calcium in kale for instance. Plus as nicole suggested it helps with the sluggish digestive system. You can eat far more cooked veggies than raw ones so you can get many more nutrients.
In ayureveda theres something called agni or digestive fire. When you eat warming things it stokes the fire.
So they favor warming teas and even cooking fruit inorder to make it more digestable or build the agni. You stoke the fire by adding more heat to it. Raw salads tend to cleanse but not rebuild as much I guess. In macrobiotics raw salads are extremely yin and will balance extreme yang meat or eggs. So in some cases they are okay and perfectly fine. Everything in moderation. Plus raw veggies in winter tend to make somone feel cold if they are in a more northern climate but if they are in a more southern or tropical climate they are great haha! Also seasonality is important more salads in summer haha because they have a cooling effect. I personally eat raw and cooked veggies and include as much variety in my diet as possible.
I think we all fall into the trap of eating the same things over and over again. I think its important to vary the diet as much as possible. Cooked or raw veggies also have an akalizing effect. I think everyone is different and some people do well on different things and different approaches. You can't really go too wrong with vegetables! Wishing you Wellness :)
|
