Raw Food Diet

The raw food diet started in the early 1800s, but it only has gained popularity recently. Its proponents claim that eating largely raw foods is healthy for humans and has certain advantages, including weight loss and improved general health.

Raw food diets are mainly plant-based, consisting mostly of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, similar to veganism. The majority of raw food diets are entirely plant-based, but raw fish and meat are accepted as long as less frequent. According to supporters, cooking meals is also harmful to human health, since it eliminates natural enzymes in foods, diminishes vitamin content, and reduces the "life energy" that they think exists in all raw foods. People follow the raw food diet for the health and environmental benefits that it brings, such as weight loss, greater vitality, higher energy, improved chronic illness management, improved general health, and less environmental impact.