A living plant-base diet is based on the belief that raw nutrition is indeed one of the most accessible and natural ways to obtain food from nature with the most intact quality of enzymes fully present in the food. This belief must be the end product of one's own conclusions.
Fruits and vegetables are irresistible! They come wrapped in their most attractive and colorful package and appear to be always inviting us to grab any one of those juicy pieces of vibrant life-force. They easily satiate us because they stand out as the most natural and instinctive choice to satisfy our true hunger.
Enzymes make digestion easier for the body. All raw food, including sprouts and greens, contain the proper types and proportions of enzymes necessary to digest itself. When raw food is eaten, the act of chewing ruptures the cell membrane and releases the enzymes to begin breakdown.
To understand the difference between a Natural Plant-Based Living Diet and a Standard North American Diet, it is important to understand the difference between the full spectrum of enzymes present in most living foods and to be aware of how those same enzymes happen to unfortunately deteriorate in cooked foods.
Fruits are the most perfect snacks for kids, they all come in their perfect and natural organic recyclable packaging, they are easy to transport and offer children a wide array of vitamins and minerals to provide your little one with an excellent boost of energy when it is time to reach for that morning or afternoon snack.
A person used to eating the typical foods found in a Standard North American diet who then changes to a raw plant diet can discover health in abundance, feeling more overall vitality and energy accompanied by a well-maintained and flexible physical body.
A natural diet is one consisting of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds in their natural state without them being processed in any way that would alter their nutritional and natural state. I believe that we were meant to eat foods in its most natural state. This means a living-foods, plant-based diet.
The ideal yogi diet to help us in excelling at our practice at all levels: physically, mentally and spiritually is a ‘vegetarian diet’ which honors the principles of ahimsa.