More Raw – a novel Christmas campaign from EFL!

Why to include it, how to start out and the benefits
by Gareth Edwards

Not now …… Not right in the middle of winter. Not in the build up to Christmas…! Well the reality is that you can gain the same health benefits from eating raw foods in winter as in those (hard to remember!) summer months.

If you’ve been working hard alkalising and energising all year why would you want to stop now! Cruising through Christmas in good health and with loads of energy could be a reality for you.

I am not going to ask you or even suggest that you become a raw foodist (unless you want to), but it is important to try and find ways of incorporating some raw vegetables into your diet. There are several benefits that raw foods offer over cooked, pasteurised, tinned or processed equivalents.

Spark of light!

Hold a freshly cut leaf of chard, spinach or lettuce horizontally from its base and it should be able to support itself. Try doing the same with the cooked versions and …. you get the picture. There is an energetic quality present in the raw food that seems completely absent in the cooked plant.

Part of this absence of structure in the cooked food can be accounted for by the degradation on cell walls during the cooking process. Cell walls in plants are generally more rigid than the membranes encapsulating animal cells.

What, however, is really exciting is the contribution of bio-photons to these energetic qualities of plants. It seems that plants have a method of “harvesting” the suns energy and storing it.

A pioneering English researcher, Harry Oldfield, has carried out some of the most exciting research in this area. Using Kirlian photography he has found a way of mapping the micro electro-magnetic fields that give foods their energetic qualities.

Look at Oldfield’s Kirlian photographs of raw and cooked cabbage to get a sense of the dramatic diminution of the energy field after heating.

Dr. Young, like Oldfield, researched the energetic qualities of human tissue and found that tumours (diseased tissue) had a very low micro-electronic frequency, while healthy tissue has a much higher vibration.

Oldfield developed equipment which allowed him to map the size and location of masses or tumours based on disruptions to energetic patterns.

So it seems that plants can actually store health promoting solar energy and that cooking foods can diminish this.

The food on your plate:

I can try blinding you with a bit of science, but when it’s a cold day and you’re …. cold(!), cold food is maybe not so appealing. So here are some tips to help get you going:

1. Switch the heating on, go for a gentle jog or wear warmer clothes (made from natural fibres) to warm you up, rather than using food.
2. Take it out of the fridge! Half an hour before you start preparing it.
3. Prepare a big bowl of fresh vegetables and have some (healthy) cooked food with it. (Start with the raw food. Cooked food can actually trigger a release of disease fighting white blood cells.)
4. Use different colours and fresh food to make it look attractive.
5. Add salt, (freshly ground) pepper, lemon juice, olive and hemp oil and fresh herbs for flavour.
6. Try blending vegetables, avocados and olive oil into a raw soup.
7. Chew it really well! – take some extra time over your meals.

What foods to eat:

I remember going to a talk by raw food “guru” David Woolfe once and being a bit freaked out by a few people quizzing me on how raw I was. I am a bit dubious about eating raw for raw’s sake.

While a raw apple is likely to have a preferable nutritional and energetic profile to a cooked one, it still has a high sugar content. Try to focus on green leaves, such as chard, kale, cabbage and winter greens. These hardy crops still grow even when there is snow on the ground. Add sprouted grains and seeds, avocados and almonds (all raw) for flavour and variety.

Soft start:

Remember that part of the therapeutic benefit of Dr. Young’s green powdered products (Doc Broc’s and Supergreens) is the attachment of a micro-electronic charge. That’s why they stand up on the spoon. See the Kirlian picture below of an open tub of greens.

If you are struggling with the idea of eating more raw, at the moment, remember to keep drinking your greens!

Gareth Edwards is our Alkaline Diet Expert, Dr Young trained blood analyst, highly qualified nutritionist and has won three sporting national championship titles.

Gareth is right at the very top of his field, so these answers are absolutely the best you’ll find from arguably Britain’s most qualified expert in this area!

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