Raw food diets: are they worth it?
Some like it hot, others like it… raw. A vegan diet based on uncooked plant food is good for the planet – but is it right for everyone?
What is it about people eating a raw food diet that makes them so happy, even ecstatic?
Years ago I remember watching a raw foodist friend roaming round an overgrown garden with a douser that she used to identify edible wild plants. She’d then blend these weedy looking specimens with avocado and banana to make a smoothie that seemed to make up the bulk of her diet, along with fruit, sprouts and soaked nuts. Amazingly, she never seemed to get tired and had this extraordinary, slightly otherworldly look of bliss in her eyes….
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