Live foods are treasure troves of living enzymes, phyto-nutrients and other compounds that are essential to proper digestion, absorption, elimination, immunity and health. Unfortunately, virtually none of these delicate entities can survive temperatures greater than 46° Celsius (most enzymes start to degrade at about 41°), so they are generally destroyed by the heat of cooking and most commercial processing.
Most experts agree that by foregoing such processing and eating foods more or less as nature prepared them, we retain their cellular structure and, thus, far more of their nutritional value along with enjoying a wider array of important, accompanying health and beauty benefits.
People who make a conscious effort to include a large percentage of live foods in their diets often notice rapid and dramatic results. These include leaner, stronger physiques, higher energy levels and better athletic endurance. Many also enjoy a variety of other benefits — from increased mental alertness and focus to rapid healing and recovery, improved eyesight and peripheral vision¸ brighter moods and clearer, more radiant skin. Oh, and there’s another important and frequently noted upside: enhanced sex drive and performance. (No wonder those crazy rabbits eat all those carrots!)
