Learn about Eating Raw Foods, including Spirulina

This spirulina article comes from: FitSugar.com

Read about the possible nutritional deficiencies of eating raw and the rules of raw, just read more.

This modification of the rules is important since there are some nutrients your body processes better when cooked. The antioxidant lycopene increases when tomatoes are cooked. The raw food diet is low in B12, found in meat and eggs, as well as zinc. Many people adhering to a strict raw food diet don't get enough calcium or vitamin D and put themselves at risk for osteoporosis.
For me the downside of eating raw would be the amount of time it takes to prepare a meal. There is a lot of soaking involved to create foods soft enough to eat without cooking them. To make whole grains, like oatmeal, you need to soak the grain in boiled water for two to three hours, so you definitely need to think ahead.

Here's a thumbnail sketch of what to avoid and what to eat when going raw:

*No animal products – no meat, no eggs, no dairy products. Instead switch to nut and seed milks.
*No refined sugar or flour. Avoid white rice. Instead you can make your own snack foods with a dehydrator.
*Only cook, the 20 percent of the time that you might be cooking, with cold-pressed unheated oils.
*Do eat tons of greens and juice them too. Spirulina and wheat grass are great diet additions too. As well as sprouted greens.
*Eat fresh plant foods and avoid processed foods like: frozen, boxed, canned and bottled.
*Eat 80 percent or more raw foods.