What is Living Food and Living Juice
The Philosophy of Living Food Diets
Guy-Claude Burger states in his book “Die Rohkosttherapie” that the development of civilization diseases goes hand in hand with the use of fire. The first five civilization diseases known, developed within the first 450 000 years that fire was used by the prehistoric human. The art of cooking however is said to have started only about 10 000 years ago, (cooking historically means the usage of pots, baking of breads and the consumption of processed dairy products); 10 000 years ago though is as well the exact point in time when the major and vast amount of civilization diseases suddenly appeared on the face of the planet for the very first time. This number continues to increase.
Therefore it is not surprising that if his theory is correct and that by cooking food directly relates to the development of diseases, then eating raw and natural foods (Living Food) would reverse this effect. Eating Living Foods like fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, sprouts, herbs, wild plants and pure water would then help the weakened or even sick body to heal and recover again, eliminate toxins, regain vitality and function normally until a very high age. ‘Let food be thy medicine’, are the insights of Hippocrates who already knew about the importance of a healthy diet in the 4th century BC.
Living Food
Living Food is the healthiest food available on the planet. It’s all that is fresh such as fruits, vegetables, sprouts, raw nuts and much more. Living Food is food that mankind ate before fire was used as a tool for cooking. It has not been cooked, boiled, fried, roasted or heated over 50 degrees*, therefore it is the only food that still contains living enzymes **. The enzymes in food are destroyed at temperatures over 50 degrees. This consequently creates ‘dead food’. Enzymes are the vital element, the life principle in atoms and molecules that make fresh Living Food so easy to digest, immediately available to your body and give you vibrant health and well being. The quicker Living Food is eaten after being harvested the more Life Force (scientifically referred to as biophotons, spiritually referred to as ‘Prana’), enzymes and nutrients it contains. There are no known side effects to eating Living Food.
* All temperatures are in centigrade
** See ingredient index
The opposite of Living Food is food that has been heated, processed or refined, treated with preservatives and pesticides, radiated or flavored. Such foods are fast foods, sugars, dairy products, grilled meats and fish, breads, pasta, basically all foods that our habitual diet contains. Genetically manipulated food can be Living Food but I am hesitant to trust such produce, cultivated over hundreds of years to be as beneficial as its predecessor, the natural wild and less cultivated version which contains more nutrients, less water and much more flavor.
Note: Cooked food still contains vitamins and minerals. All vitamins and minerals that are sensitive to heat will be destroyed which is the reason why Living Food has 60% more nutrients than cooked food.
Amino acids change their molecular structure drastically when heated (see egg white being boiled).
Whether these structural changes and their assimilation play a role in the development of illnesses still needs to be scientifically researched. It has been suggested that the de-naturation that occurs when food is being heated can be one of the reasons why the body gets sick and shows metabolic malfunctions. Studies have shown that mice that were fed with cooked food in comparison to mice that were fed with raw food, (their original diet), developed cancer-like tumors, nervous disorders, died earlier and were much more aggressive than normal mice, even killing their own kind in stressful situations while the naturally fed mouse would not.
Living Foods overall view *:
- fresh fruits
- freshly made fruit juices **
- frozen fresh fruits
- dried fruits
- wild fruits and berries
- fresh vegetables
- fresh vegetable juices **
- frozen fresh vegetables
- dried vegetables
- wild vegetables, leaves, branches and grass
- sprouts
- wild sprouts
- nuts
- seeds
- wild seeds
- edible flowers
- herbs
- spices
- sea salt
- seaweed
- raw fish
- raw meat
- grains
- raw eggs
- carob
- cocoa
- cold-washed honey
- cold-pressed oil
- whole food vitamin supplements with enzyme activity
- fresh, pure water
* Please note that not all items listed above contain biophotons (the plants Life Force) as they gradually diminish from the moment the fruit or vegetable is picked. Enzymes and nutrients stay alive even when the fruit has been frozen or dried. Enzymes die at temperatures over 50 degrees. The ideal temperature to dry or dehydrate fruits and vegetables to ensure maximum nutrient content altogether is 40 degrees and below.
** A fresh juice is only Living Food when made with a Living Food Processor. Any juice extractor that uses high-speed blade or centrifuge extraction creates friction heat, which leads to the destruction of the enzymes and therefore makes ‘dead food’.
Living Juice
Living Juice is a concentrated form of Living Food. Freshly squeezed Living Juices are multi-vitamin pills because one glass of juice is made from much more fruit and vegetable than you could possibly eat at the same time. Juices contain less fiber, therefore you are absorbing this mass of nutrients quickly into the body where they are immediately utilised.
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