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Some of the myths about raw food that I hear a lot are, "Am I going to get enough protein?"
Well, you very much can get enough protein just eating raw food. Greens are just packed
full of protein. Spinach, chard, and kale, per calorie count, are actually higher in
protein than meat. You do have to eat a lot, but you can definitely get it that way. Also,
seeds and nuts have a lot of protein and other things that you're going to eat. I actually
know several bodybuilders that pretty much eat nothing but greens, and they are cut and
obviously have a lot of muscle mass.
One of the other myths I hear a lot about is am I going to be satisfied with my meals?
Am I still going to have the same taste level? Am I going to enjoy my meals? Am I just going
to be grazing out in the yard? One of the things raw foodist cooks try and do is make
food even better than what you're used to. Because when you cook food you actually destroy
part of the taste level, and you have to add in more spices, often, to counteract that
when you're cooking.
At my restaurants and cafe we've had several meat eaters say it was among the best meals
they've ever had. One gentleman, with each new course, he was oohing and ahhing. By the
end of the meal he said I can tell you the last time I had a meal this good. It was ten
years ago. It was at a Michelin three star restaurant in Paris that had been there for
400 years. We get that from meat eaters.
So, it can be bursting with flavor. Now, you can make not-so-good raw food that doesn't
have much flavor, but it's definitely a myth that it can't be made good. It can be made
really tasty. There are all sorts of techniques that you can do with herbs and spices. Dehydration
actually intensifies flavors, so when you dehydrate food it can add a lot of flavor
to it.
So, those are some of the myths that I see and probably are not so much true.