| There are a few distinct differences between | | | | products, steamed vegetables are just as good, |
| vegetarian and raw food diets. Basically, a vegetarian | | | | though every person would concur that steaming can |
| is someone who is committed to not eat meat, fish, | | | | take out nutrients from foods and turn them into less |
| poultry or any animal products, but only consumes | | | | nutritious. A vegetarian might consume dairy or egg |
| vegetables, pasta, and rice. On the other hand, a raw | | | | products but a vegan will not consume any animal |
| foodist is a vegetarian, but one who eats unprocessed, | | | | products at all. The raw foodist then is a vegan who |
| uncooked, organic, whole foods, like fruits, vegetables, | | | | consumes only uncooked, unprocessed raw foods. |
| nuts seeds, legumes, dried fruits, seaweeds, etc. It | | | | Enzymes are the life force of a food and that every |
| denotes a diet that is at least 75% uncooked! Raw | | | | food has its own perfect combination as believed by |
| foodist cooks very little and definitely doesn't cook or | | | | raw food diet advocates. These enzymes help us |
| process fruits and vegetables. Raw foodist simply | | | | digest foods completely, without relying on our body to |
| eats them raw. | | | | produce its own cocktail of digestive enzymes. |
| Raw foodist, vegans and frutarians are some of the | | | | The cooking process is thought to destroy food |
| different categories of vegetarians. Yes, raw foodist is | | | | enzymes. It can take so much of the basic nutritional |
| a category of vegetarianism as mentioned earlier. | | | | value away. Other than that, cooked foods not only |
| However, to be a raw food purist, you should eat raw | | | | take any longer to digest, but they also let the partially |
| vegetables like raw broccoli, not steamed. To a | | | | digested fats, proteins and carbohydrates to block our |
| vegetarian, who doesn't eat meat or fish or any animal | | | | gut and arteries. |