What Foods Are Living? Strange right, does food come alive? I’m sure that’s the question on your lips after seeing this topic. According to health experts, eating living foods is the best pathway to good health. What foods are living? We are about to find out in the next paragraph.
Live Better with Alive Food
Now let’s get into the basics of really knowing what alive foods are, their benefits, or how they help the body.
Alive/living foods are foods that are very close to their original form for example plants (fruits and vegetables), nuts and seeds, fish, poultry, and whole grains. These foods contain inflammation-fighting antioxidants and phytochemicals.
They help the body with the production and activation of enzymes, these are necessary for hormone production and chemical reactions in the body. In addition to these foods, foods rich in probiotics and prebiotics are also considered “alive” because they help promote the healthy bacteria in your body that are the first line of your immune system. Examples of these foods are kefir, miso, bananas, asparagus, and Jerusalem artichokes.
How to Eat live Food
Living Foods are great complements to every meal. The healthiest and most preferable way to enjoy these foods is as a first course. Leafy greens can easily be digested if eaten on an empty stomach, or if eaten along with other healthy vegetables such as sprouts, peppers, onions, cilantro, radishes, or any fresh salad ingredient.
Alive Food vs Dead Food
in contrast to living foods, dead foods are foods that are very far from their natural state. Let’s consider this instance, if you leave a bunch of fresh vegetables on a table for 3 to 5 days, you are sure to see the difference. But if you leave a packet of plantain chips on a table for the same period, no difference will be observed.
This is because the packet of chips is dead, it has been processed for preservation, therefore it can be regarded as dead food.
The difference between living and dead food can be summed up in one word: enzymes.
Basically, life cannot exist without enzymes. Therefore, live food is food in its very raw form e.g raw fruits, vegetables, and meats.
Dead food is any food that doesn’t contain enzymes or in which the enzymes have been destroyed or removed, such as packaged and processed products
Benefits of Living Foods:
Increased energy
Cleaned up system with toxins gone away
- Radiant skin
- The amazing focus of the mind
- Difficult to get stressed
- Weight loss
- Become Dis-ease free
- Reduction in sleep requirement
- Feel stronger, look leaner
- And much more……
Ditch the dead food
