| There are plenty of reasons to consider | | | | Unfortunately, this also killed off many of the |
| vegetarian foods, with their live enzymes being a | | | | good properties of plant-based foods. Even our |
| major benefit to the human body. Enzymes are | | | | juice is generally heat pasteurized, which takes |
| needed for our bodies to digest the food we eat, | | | | away from its nutritional value. |
| but many of the things we ingest don't contain | | | | By choosing healthy vegetarian foods, we can get |
| any live enzymes of their own. This means that | | | | more of those live enzymes back into our |
| the body has to work even harder to break | | | | systems doing the job they were intended to do. |
| these foods down into usable components. Those | | | | Of course, live enzymes aren't the only benefits |
| who add vegetarian foods to their diets, especially | | | | of adding more vegetarian foods to your diet. As |
| raw produce and juices are combating this while | | | | we mentioned, these foods generally offer more |
| creating plenty of other benefits for themselves. | | | | vitamins and minerals than their counterparts. |
| For example, because the live enzymes in many | | | | They also provide an excellent, natural source of |
| vegetarian foods are able to work with the | | | | dietary fiber. Fiber is generally made up of plant |
| body's digestive system, less energy is used to | | | | material that the body cannot digest. While it |
| break the foods down. The body doesn't have to | | | | seems counterintuitive to eat something we can't |
| work as long or as hard to do the same job. That | | | | digest, it actually serves several vital purposes. |
| means that we actually receive more energy | | | | First of all, fiber slows down the absorption of |
| from eating less food overall! | | | | sugar into the bloodstream, which allows us to |
| Some of the best vegetarian foods that contain | | | | keep a balanced energy level between meals. In |
| live enzymes are vegetables, fruits, nuts and | | | | addition, the fiber provided by so many |
| seeds, and seaweed, as well as grains and | | | | vegetarian foods also helps to keep our digestive |
| legumes that have been sprouted. Each of these | | | | tracts clean and free of unwanted toxins and |
| foods is able to provide exceptional amounts of | | | | debris. It absorbs various waste materials that our |
| vitamins and minerals, in addition to amino acids | | | | body wants to remove while also acting to |
| and even oxygen. The key to protecting these | | | | "sweep" the inside of the intestines to dislodge |
| nutrients, along with the ever-important live | | | | material that we don't want to build up there. |
| enzymes, is to avoid cooking the foods. | | | | It's no secret that vegetarian foods offer a |
| Humans developed the process of cooking their | | | | number of health benefits, but many people don't |
| food for very important reasons. The heat kills | | | | even realize the importance of live enzymes. By |
| off bacteria and other perils that can be | | | | adding raw produce, nuts, sprouts, juices, and |
| associated with raw food, especially meat. | | | | even "superfoods" to our diets, we can get more |
| Somewhere along the line, we started cooking | | | | out of what we eat. |
| just about everything that we ingest. | | | | |