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YOU ARE what you eat Following a raw food diet is becoming increasingly popular. Many people find huge benefit from consuming unprocessed, whole plant-based, ideally organic foods. A 'Raw Foodist' is somebody who eats a mainly raw food diet - and believes that the higher the proportion of raw foods in our diet, the healthier we will be. There are four broad branches of raw foodism: Raw vegetarians - the only animal products consumed are eggs and dairy; most foods consumed are raw Raw vegans - no animal products consumed at all; most foods consumed are raw Raw omnivores - both plant-based and animal based foods are mainly consumed raw Raw carnivores - meat products are eaten only raw Raw foodists claim that raw and living foods contain essential food enzymes that are destroyed if the food is heated to above 116 Fahrenheit (47 Celsius). What are the benefits of a Raw Food Diet? Raw foodists believe that enzymes are the life force of a food. Nature has given each food its unique perfect mix. They say that the cooking process destroys or alters these enzymes, as well as essential vitamins and minerals. The following are the noted health benefits: • More energy • Skin will have a much better appearance • Digestion will improve • Weight loss • Risk of developing heart and cardiovascular diseases will significantly drop Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com R A W F O O D D IE T THE es: Generally includ • Beans • Dried fruits d • Fresh fruits an getables ve fruit • Freshly made table and vege juices • Grains • Legumes • Milk from a young coconut • Nuts • Purified water (not tap) • Seaweeds • Seeds ts • Sun-dried frui e Depending on th g e followin lifestyle, th uded: may also be incl • Eggs • Fish (sashimi) • Meat y • Milk and dair products (non zed/nonpasteuri homogenized) LIKE MOTHER like daughter The mother-daughter dynamic can be a complex one. Some mothers want want nothing more than to be best friends with their adult daughters. Some daughters need their mother's advice on everything. Linda Perlman Gordon and Susan Morris Shaffer, authors of Too Close for Comfort? explain why mothers and daughters can have a close bond but should never take it to the level of being best friends. Can you define some traits of a good best friend? A good mother? Why can't mothers and adult daughters be best friends as well as family? Susan Morris Shaffer: A best friend is different than a mother-daughter relationship. It requires having common experiences:You raised your kids together, you went to the same college and you're in the workplace together. Mothers and daughters are never in the same stage of life at the same time, so the relationship is never equal. The other thing that's important is that unconditional love exists only in the parent-child relationship.You'd put your body in front of a truck for your daughter; you'd probably call 911 for your best friend. How do mothers and daughters find a balance between being too attached and being individuals? Linda Perlman Gordon: Boundaries are such an important thing. The way mothers and daughters can [create boundaries] is that mothers, for instance, can let their daughters fail and not fix everything for them. They can make sure that if their daughters are upset about something, they can do active listening, rather than feel their daughters' pain. They give their daughters the opportunity to step back and try to fix the problem themselves. The problem when mothers fix things for their daughters is that it erodes daughters' self-esteem or it doesn't allow it to develop. It makes daughters feel like they can't do things by themselves. Or, if their mothers overemphasize and feel the pain too much, daughters have to start making their mothers feel better about it and they start to worry about their mothers and parent their mothers. A mother's job is to manage her own feelings so that a daughter doesn't feel that she's taking care of her mother, but that she can deal with whatever her own issues are. Source: www.oprah.com www.h e rmagaz in e .co.n z | 61