A well balanced lifestyle is closely related to a healthy diet. The desired health can be obtained by opting for a natural by-product of the raw and living food lifestyle. It automatically leads to decreased sickness which in turn translates to decreased medical and healthcare intervention. However, people have a mind-set of achieving instant or quick results as promised by more than 100 diets or artificial health supplements available in the market today. It is an undeniable truth that our lifestyle is the true picture of what we eat as food tremendously affects our health and appearance. And, it can be only achieved if one follows healthy eating and lifestyle supported by the raw food and living food movement.

With the changing lifestyle, the importance of raw food in common man’s life has increased. It has been preferred by most of the health conscious personalities for three critical reasons. First, the enzymes present in raw food helps in perfect functioning of almost everything in the body. Second, raw food nourishes the immune system enabling it to defeat all threats to the body. And lastly, it helps in the creation of alkaline biological terrain in the human body keeping it disease-free.

Raw Food is basically unprocessed raw vegan food that has not been heated above 115 Degrees Fahrenheit. The raw food diet is entirely based on the belief that the most healthful food for the body is uncooked.

It has been proved by the science that cooking not only destroys nutrition and enzymes, but chemically changes food from the substances needed for health into free-radicals and poisons causing damage to our health. Enzymes present in the human body is said to be the life force of a food as it helps us in digesting food, thereby absorbing nutrients. And, when we over consume cooked food; our bodies are forced to work harder by generating more enzymes. Over a time, lack of enzymes in our body leads to digestive problems, nutrient deficiency, accelerated aging and weight gain. Breaking down further, cooking also promotes the formation of potentially harmful compounds in food during high heat cooking.

A true raw foodist can be that individual only who consumes 75 - 100 per cent live, nutritionally uncooked and unprocessed food. It helps in optimizing our health by alkalizing the body. The human body is designed to be alkaline – which is produced by the contribution of electrons/energy in the body through raw food. On the other hand, unhealthy things consumed by the body tend to steal electrons/energy from our body leading to oxidization which causes rust, breakdown or decay. As a result, overconsumption of cooked food generates acidic toxins at faster pace than our body can actually eliminate them which ends up disrupting our body’s alkaline balance which serves to be a major cause of excess weight and disease.

Eating raw food benefits health and human longevity in so many different ways -

Consumption of sufficient uncooked and unprocessed food helps in retaining essential nutrients required by the body, such as hormones, oxygen, phytochemicals, enzymes, paramagnetism and water.

Provides enough energy required by the body.

Skin appearance improves with the time

Enhances digestion.

Helps in weight loss.

Risk of developing heart and cardiovascular diseases significantly drops.

The raw food diet generally includes beans, dried fruits, fresh fruits and vegetables, freshly made fruit and vegetable juices, grains, legumes, milk derived from a young coconut, nuts, purified water, seaweeds, seeds, sun-dried fruits and any other organic or natural product that has not been processed or heated above 115 degrees Fahrenheit. However, depending upon the lifestyle, other raw materials like eggs, fish, meat, milk and dairy products can be consumed.

In a conclusion, it would be hundred per cent justified in saying that if an individual really wants to seek a healthy and better lifestyle, then increasing the number of raw foods in diet will be the most preferred option.