The power of raw foods to heal

The power of raw foods to
heal
Recipes for raw dairy, fish and
meat exist in almost every
country. Their power to heal are
well known in endemic cultures.
Weston Price discovered that
isolated groups thrived for
centuries eating their local
nutrient dense diets, included
raw foods. Pottenger proved
conclusively the power of raw
food diets to ensure the health
of generations of cats. Holistic practitioners today recognize
the healing ability of raw foods.
Raw foods
culture
found
in
every
Recipes abound in every culture for raw meat, fish, and dairy
dishes. Kibbeh, steak tartare, carpaccio and laab isaan are
ethnic raw meat dishes. International raw fish meals include
ceviche and pickled herring. Yoghurt, kefir, koumiss, longfil,
dahi, creme fraiche and piima are fermented or soured raw
dairy recipes claimed by several countries.
Pottenger’s
studies
famous
cat
Physician Frances Pottenger conducted research on 900 cats,
comparing a raw food diet to cooked foods. The cats fed raw
milk and meat exhibited perfect health with good bone
structure, wide palates with plenty of space for teeth, gentle
dispositions, shiny fur, reproductive ease and the absence of
parasites and disease. In contrast, the cats fed a diet of
cooked meat and milk became increasingly ill with each
generation until they died before they were able to reproduce.
Their symptoms and illnesses mirrored that of humans,
including infestation with parasites, weak bones, personality
changes, hypothyroidism, allergies and skin diseases.
Weston Price’s
research
remarkable
Pottenger’s contemporary, dentist Weston Price, conducted a
world-wide study of human cultures and found those eating
nutrient dense unprocessed foods exhibited exemplary health,
far superior to Americans at that time. Each culture ate
some raw, uncooked foods including dairy, meat and/or fish.
Price had hoped to find a group thriving on an exclusive
vegetarian diet, but did not find one.
Power to heal
Several holistic healing protocols recognize the power of raw
foods. Aajonus’s raw primal food diet has been credited with
healing thousands of individuals from countless diseases.
Gerson’s raw protocol is known for healing cancer and other
degenerative diseases. Dr. Russell Blaylock recognizes the
power of blending raw vegetables to enhance health.
Raw foods keep enzymes and nutrients intact. While cooking
certain foods such as spinach and grains can neutralize antinutrients and improve their nutrient availability, many foods
are best eaten in their raw state.
Fallon reports in Nourishing Traditions “Many people have
reported the disappearance of numerous symptoms and increased
vitality within days of adding raw meat, fish or milk to the
diet. Observers of Eskimos report that when these people
suffer from heart disease, diabetes and other problems
associated with their adopted Western diet, they invariably
experience complete cure when they returned to their native
diet containing large amounts of raw meat and fish.”
Adding raw foods
Vegetable juicing or blending is an easy way to add raw foods
to diet. See http://www.naturalnews.com
Drinking raw, real milk, if one can access this wonderful
health
food,
is
another.
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more
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One can add raw, pastured eggs with raw yogurt to smoothies.
Soft boiled or sunny side-up eggs are delicious ways to keep
eggs’ nutrients intact. High quality sushi or ceviche can be a
healthy source of raw fish. Eating organic, grass fed,
previously frozen raw meat and liver is considered safe by
many experts. If that is too unappetizing, eating meat in an
under cooked form can maintain more of its nutrients.
Conclusions
Adding raw foods to one’s diet can improve health by keeping
nutrients and enzymes intact. High quality raw foods have been
found to help maintain both cats and humans in an exceptional
state of health.
Sources for this article include:
Price, Weston. (2009) Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 8th
Edition. La Mesa, CA: the Price-Pottenger Nutrition
Foundation. Print
Fallon, Sally. (2001) Nourishing Traditions. Washington D.C.:
New Trends Publishing, Inc.
Pottenger, Frances. (2009) Pottenger’s Cats: A Study in
Nutrition. La Mesa CA: Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation
Vonderplanitz, Aajonus. (2007) The Recipe for Living Without
Disease. Carnelian Bay Castle Press: Santa Monica
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Michelle Goldstein is a mental health therapist who
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