the raw food solution

In Super Immunity, Fuhrman outlines how certain foods including leafy green vegetables, mushrooms, onions, garlic, pomegranate, berries and seeds can improve our natural defenses. Includes a sample meal plan and recipe from the book.

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Most people are aware that our bodies require enzymes to digest food and raw foods contain enough naturally occurring enzymes to digest each particular food. When foods are cooked at temperatures higher than 118 degrees, these natural enzymes begin to denature and die, which places [...]

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This recipe was effectively taught to me when I was living off room service for five days in LA a few years ago. It was so delicious that I bagged the formula, knowing that this novel way of using watermelon in a dish was going to inspire [...]

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Almost everyone loves Caesar salad but unfortunately the original version is loaded with unhealthy saturated fats. Here is a raw vegan recipe for Caesar salad that is delicious as well as being good for you!

The Parmesan “Cheese” also makes a great topping for zucchini pasta with marinara sauce.

Ingredients:

Serves 2-3

Salad:

1 head [...]

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Until I discovered this salad I  never thought that I would be able to enjoy raw broccoli. The secret is in the preparation, which involves cutting the broccoli into small pieces and then marinading it in a tasty dressing.

This has the effect of softening some the fibers in the broccoli so [...]

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It’s in the newspaper, on TV and over the Internet: if you want to reduce your risk of developing various diseases, you need to eat more raw food. You know you should, but your conception of raw food is a bunch of lettuce and maybe a carrot stick, and you [...]

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Transitioning to raw food isn’t easy for most people. If you’ve been used to eating mostly cooked food all of your life, this transition may be especially difficult. For people who have always eaten a diet high in raw fruits and vegetables it may be a bit easier, but [...]