Raw vs Cooked Food Debate -Pt.4 (of 6)

Brigitte Mars and Susun Weed debate raw vs cooked food

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[leap100]

balance cooked and raw the best of both worlds . the sun and moon //

[dadoody]

Susan Weed is arguing using evidences, facts, history, and, well, science.

Brigitte Mars is arguing using only anecdotal evidence and emotion.

Susan Weed is, of course, utterly correct and full of facts. Brigitte Mars is full of misinformation, however, she comes off a bit emotional. Some people are swayed more by emotion than rationality though, so there's always that.

[shibori8]

I think both are rights on some levels..personally i think a well balanced diet with both cooked and raw food..living in a nordic climate i think that having a raw diet in winter is not something that i would encourage for myself or my family..Personally i found it interesting reading the comments , to see how people take stands according to their personnal appearances .. They're both very pertinent..they're two different women and should not be judge upon their looks but upon their knowledge!

[saberur66]

and also i wouldnt call mcdonalds, and other fast food and other not healthy food (twinkies, process), food.

[saberur66]

i went on a raw food diet for a week. i spent more time making the food than i would on a cooked food diet, and im sorry but it tastes gross. cooked food tastes good, is fast and easier digestable. however i do enjoy raw foods everyday, raw smoothies and juices, salads ect. the fact of the matter is that most "cook" diet includes raw foods, and is not fully cooked. i enjoy about a 50-50 at most raw food, cooked food.

[lilithe69]

Also, my digestion was HORRID on raw food, and is happy and comfortable on meat and fats.

[lilithe69]

I said this on the last video - I spent FAR more time as a raw fooder preparing food as I do now as a cooked food, and meat and saturated fat.

[dadoody]

@missrawflower - The facts already exist. Eating raw food has been done for centuries during times of desperation. There's a reason food is cook, it makes it easier to digest and you get more nutrition. If our energies were always directed towards raw food metabolism, our guts would be twice as large and our brains much smaller. Cooked food is the reason we had the energy to evolve a bigger brain.

If you want to eat raw almonds and meats though, knock urself out. Emotion over facts.

[missrawflower]

@dadoody I agree, but if we will be living on raw food so many years, there will be more research and facts,

[MyMentalistmind]

I find raw food interesting. I however believe it is cooked to some degree. You're still heating somethings in raw food diets to atleast close to 100 degrees. I think perhaps what is interesting is, that you are not OVERCOOKING and therefore killing the goods in your food. I think that is the difference between "raw" food and cooked. I think "raw" food is a bad term for this way of eating. Perhaps something like Perfectly Cooked eating, or NOT OVERCOOKED food? lol i dunno. But I see both sides.

[mrtruthforever]

Brigitte understands something that Weed (& those of her ilk) will never undersand. Weed believes that life is a composition of molecules & chemical reactions. Brigitte's camp understand that there is a life force in the universe. An atom is more than 99% empty space, nothingness, yet in the inanimate molecular form compose vitamins, earth minerals, cells, etc. which act bring forth, nourish, & guide life! It's not about whether there's more a particular vitamin if you cook the food.

[aehuddle]

the fact is we need both! we need the chlorophyll and fiber of raw foods, and the flavor and easy assimilation of cooked foods...why one or the other?