Comments on: Diana Walker Raw Food Diet Health Benefits http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/raw-food-diet-health-benefits/ Diana Walker is The Cravings Coach and she wants to help you break free from those powerful cravings for common junk food and to guide you on a path to a more vibrant, energetic and fulfilling life. Listen to The Cravings Coach podcast for even more healthy living information. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ashley Bishop http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/raw-food-diet-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-13291 Ashley Bishop Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:10:10 +0000 http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/?p=153#comment-13291 A raw food diet makes you feel fantastic but in no way is it environmentally sustainable: "One of the best “byproducts” of raw foodism is that it’s an environmentally friendly lifestyle. There is far less wrapping and packaging involved in the transport and retail of fresh fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts than processed foods." This statement speaks to the disregard of where food is coming from and how it gets here. Avocados, almonds, walnuts, bananas, oranges, mangos, etc. are not grown in most of North America, especially where the raw food diet is centralized. These food must travel thousands of miles and be processed and preserved with chemicals that jeopardize the nutritional content as well as the environment. Mass consumption of flax seed, sunflower seeds, nuts and other labor-intensive products are not at all sustainable for the human race and characterize that Westernized feeling of entitlement without even knowing the damage being done. Not to mention those of whom are exploited along the way for their services in harvesting fruit and seeds notoriously known for being associated with social injustice. A raw food diet makes you feel fantastic but in no way is it environmentally sustainable: “One of the best “byproducts” of raw foodism is that it’s an environmentally friendly lifestyle. There is far less wrapping and packaging involved in the transport and retail of fresh fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts than processed foods.”

This statement speaks to the disregard of where food is coming from and how it gets here. Avocados, almonds, walnuts, bananas, oranges, mangos, etc. are not grown in most of North America, especially where the raw food diet is centralized. These food must travel thousands of miles and be processed and preserved with chemicals that jeopardize the nutritional content as well as the environment. Mass consumption of flax seed, sunflower seeds, nuts and other labor-intensive products are not at all sustainable for the human race and characterize that Westernized feeling of entitlement without even knowing the damage being done. Not to mention those of whom are exploited along the way for their services in harvesting fruit and seeds notoriously known for being associated with social injustice.

]]> By: Diana Walker Raw Food Diet Health Benefits | Adobe Tutorials http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/raw-food-diet-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-8516 Diana Walker Raw Food Diet Health Benefits | Adobe Tutorials Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:05:06 +0000 http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/?p=153#comment-8516 [...] What’s all the excitement about raw food diets? Well if your idea of a good meal is a vegetable laden salad and you relish the crisp textures of fresh fruit and the tastiness of nuts, you just might be interested in the lifestyle and health benefits of raw foodism More: Diana Walker Raw Food Diet Health Benefits [...] [...] What’s all the excitement about raw food diets? Well if your idea of a good meal is a vegetable laden salad and you relish the crisp textures of fresh fruit and the tastiness of nuts, you just might be interested in the lifestyle and health benefits of raw foodism More: Diana Walker Raw Food Diet Health Benefits [...]

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