The concept of energetic diet comes from Taiwan Province Province, originally because it can treat some diseases. Conceptually, energetic diet advocates people to return to natural food when they are sick, avoid processed food, avoid artificial pollution and pesticide and fertilizer pollution, and try to choose pure food and organic ingredients, which will be better than ordinary food. Is it really good to go on a diet vigorously? Can long-term persistence really achieve the effect of treating diseases?
Evolved from "raw food therapy"
Ouyang Ying, an expert on energetic diet in Taiwan Province Province, told reporters that the concept of energetic diet evolved from "raw food therapy".
Ann Wigmore, a doctor of natural medicine in Boston, USA, once suffered from cancer and was completely cured by his own "raw food therapy". Dr. An insists on raw food therapy. All the food she eats, including the staple food, is raw. After wheat germinates, fruit is added to make mashed wheat, which means that all ingredients including starch are eaten raw. Later, in the process of promotion, people found it difficult for ordinary people to get used to raw food therapy, so people began to add some cooked food on the basis of raw food therapy, and the ratio of raw food to cooked food was about 1: 1, so this diet method developed into a health-preserving diet method, that is, the predecessor of health-preserving diet method, which was aimed at patients.
Vigorous diet emphasizes raw food and organic.
On the one hand, energetic diet emphasizes raw food, on the other hand, it abandons food containing pesticides, fertilizers and other residues, and tries to use natural and pure food.
Yang Wenjiao, a national second-class nutritionist, explained that in fact, the energetic diet that some people insist on now is different from the original energetic diet. It is an energetic diet in a broad sense, which emphasizes that citizens eat some fresh and seasonal ingredients and a certain proportion of raw food. At the same time, plant food is the main food. Even if animal food is involved, it is recommended to eat some foods that do not contain antibiotics and hormones. In addition, whole grains will be added, and sometimes some milder foods will be added.
Advocate the proportion of raw food to exceed 30%
Regarding the proportion of raw food in the diet, Ouyang Ying told reporters at the press conference of her new book Lohas Beauty with Aya that an energetic diet does not emphasize that all foods are raw, which is also unrealistic. For an energetic diet, the proportion of raw food is very important. "We advocate that the proportion of raw food should generally exceed 30%, and patients hope to exceed 50%. In addition, we advocate eating some food raw for three meals, and serving cold dishes before meals to increase the proportion of raw food. " Ouyang Ying introduced.
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Not all ingredients are suitable for raw food.
Energetic diet emphasizes a certain proportion of raw food, but not all ingredients are suitable for raw food. "When choosing which foods are suitable for raw food, we should consider food safety issues. Some vegetables contain natural toxins and are not suitable for raw food. For example, most leguminous vegetables such as beans, tender peas, tender broad beans and tender edamame are not suitable to be eaten raw, because they contain many anti-nutritional substances such as protease inhibitors, as well as lectins, saponins and other ingredients that may cause poisoning. The risk of trouble caused by pathogenic bacteria and parasites when eaten raw is also greater. " Fan Zhihong, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, explained.
"The reason why the energetic diet adheres to a certain proportion of raw food is because some foods can retain nutrients without being destroyed without high temperature heating, mainly some enzymes and vitamins." Li Guangping, a national second-class nutritionist, told reporters that although the cooking process will destroy some nutrients, the cooked food is relatively healthier because the ingredients heated at high temperature also kill the bacteria in the food. After all, some foods are really not suitable for raw food.
Ouyang Ying also said, "Not all foods are suitable for raw food. Vigorous diet emphasizes a certain proportion of raw food, but we should pay attention to the choice of raw food. After all, some foods are not suitable for raw food. For example, pumpkins are not suitable for raw food, and sweet potatoes are not suitable for raw food because the starch inside is difficult to digest and absorb. "