Eating Raw Contributes to Personal and Planetary Health

Eating raw foods is all the rage and has been gaining popularity at a remarkable momentum. The raw food diet participants claim they feel more energetic after eating meals and snacks that haven't been heated or cooked.

Who doesn't need more energy? Geez, gimme' some of that!

With all the talk and concern about our environment these days, let's take a look at how a raw diet can have a positive impact on our planet by lowering energy consumption. We all know it takes a lot of energy to heat and bake our food. Most stoves found in American homes use more electricity or gas than a washer and dryer combined. Plus, carbon dioxide levels increase when we cook and that has a negative impact on our planet.

Kitchen cleanup is kept to a minimum for those who eat raw and that means you're not using as much water to clean pots and pans and you're not adding chemical soaps to the environment. Every drop of water counts!

Packaged foods contribute to a large part of the landfills. When you eat foods like salads, seeds, fruits and vegetables, you are instantly reducing the amount of packaging that would normally be found in the dump. Just think about how much plastic wrap, cardboard boxes, trays and bags are being used to package processed foods. Eating raw will greatly benefit our environment and just about everything eaten by a raw foodie can be composted. Nothing ever has to go into the trash!

When eating raw, you will be improving your personal health as well as taking a huge burden off our planet. When purchasing organic foods that are grown in an environment free of petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers, you aren't exposing yourself to harmful chemicals that have been linked to a myriad of health defects and these foods have been minimally processed. Even better!

So eating raw foods is one of the best decision you can make, both for your personal health as well as the health of our planet.