Salads - Power foods

Always have raw salads with your meals as they have live enzymes which help in digestion. Cooking of food destroys these enzymes. Go for seasonal vegetables which are healthier for the body & lighter on your pocket.

Wash the vegetables properly before you have your salad. Salads are best had freshly cut. A word of caution: its not advisable to have salads outside as it might not be hygienically prepared and the quality of vegetables is also questionable.

The chemical structure of the complex enzyme molecules is changed by application of heat and their enzymic powers destroyed. When raw food is eaten, the food enzymes remain intact. Humans have the ability to manufacture their own cellular enzymes from the nutrients transported to the cells in the fluids of the body. Thus if we supply ourselves with adequate amounts of suitable kinds of raw foods, we will more easily and thoroughly digest our food, we will absorb a large quantity of nutrients to supply cellular needs and we can formulate the required human enzymes as the need arises.

When we eat cooked foods, we fail to supply the materials to manufacture our own enzymes. Enzymes activate and control all the chemical actions and reactions within the cells and regulate the energy output for all physical and mental activity. They are the life and when they are lacking, their absence will soon be felt. Phew.............!!!!

Sources : The Health Awareness Centre - Dr Vijaya Venkat, Fit for Life by Marilyn & Harvey Diamond