Is it necessary to consume both cooked and raw food? Can one follow the Primal diet and GAPS diet simultaneously?
When we talk about raw and cooked we have to separate the animal products from the plant foods. Plant foods: in a raw state they contribute live enzymes and other undamaged active substances, which clean and detoxify the body, but they do not feed us too well, as raw plants are largely indigestible. Cooking plants makes them more digestible, so they feed us better, but the live enzymes will be gone. Fermentation makes plants more digestible and full of enzymes, as well as probiotic microbes; and there is no cooking involved. So fermented plants are often better than raw or cooked, and indeed in all traditional diets plant foods were largely consumed fermented. Some seasonal plants, such as soft berries, should be eaten straight from the bush to the mouth. They haven’t got much in them to feed us, but they are full of detoxifying substances. The best way to preserve berries is fermentation, for example making vinegar. Animal products: dairy should be consumed either raw or fermented. Eg
When we talk about raw and cooked we have to separate the animal products from the plant foods. Plant foods: in a raw state they contribute live enzymes and other undamaged active substances, which clean and detoxify the body, but they do not feed us too well, as raw plants are largely indigestible. Cooking plants makes them more digestible, so they feed us better, but the live enzymes will be gone. Fermentation makes plants more digestible and full of enzymes, as well as probiotic microbes; and there is no cooking involved. So fermented plants are often better than raw or cooked, and indeed in all traditional diets plant foods were largely consumed fermented. Some seasonal plants, such as soft berries, should be eaten straight from the bush to the mouth. They haven’t got much in them to feed us, but they are full of detoxifying substances. The best way to preserve berries is fermentation, for example making vinegar. Animal products: dairy should be consumed either raw or fermented. Eg
