When I first started telling my friends and family I was becoming a RAW foods chef, they assumed I meant Sushi! That is not the case. A RAW food diet is a plant-based vegan diet. (Nothing from an animal, and not cooking the food over 118 degrees.) The philosophy behind raw food is to contain living enzymes, which are destroyed when food is cooked above 118 degrees. This does not mean you have to give up all your cooked food. You should add raw foods to what you are already doing, and find the level that works for you.              

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