Patrice Kohl is an active member of our Madison Raw Food Meetup group and a reporter for Wort Radio in Madison Wisconsin. Patrice created a thought provoking report on raw foodism by immersing herself into the world of raw. She interviewed members our our group and leading experts such as David Wolfe as well as conducted some exciting and surprising self-experimentation!
Near the end of the piece, I talk about the wonderful effect the diet has for me and about what type of issues my clients want to address by using raw foods as a tool to better their health. Topics addressed in this piece include:
- The evolution of how humans eat
- The popularity of the raw food diet
- Raw vegan diets versus raw diets that include meats or other animal products
- Example raw food recipes from members of the Madison Raw Food Meetup group
- The health benefits of a raw food diet (as sited by the experts and personal accounts)
Patrice described variations of raw food diet in very simple terms and interviews ours members about examples dishes such as taco dip. She also explored the history of how humans eat and how that compares to animals and interviewed the experts regarding what diet is most natural for us. Patrice interviewed us about the health improvements we experienced eating raw foods. She asked the experts probing questions about the popularity of the raw food diet and why its proponents are raving about the health benefits.
Experts interviewed include:
David “Avocado” Wolfe who is considered to be a leading authority and pioneer on the raw food diet and nutrition. Wolfe discussed his early days as a raw foodie and the difference in popularity when he started 17 years ago and its growing popularity today.
Richard Wrangham a Harvard Professor or Biological Anthropology and author of Catching Fire: How Cooking made us Human. Digesting food is an expensive process and cooking helps take away some of the work for humans. Starch and proteins are digest better when cooked (90 percent) versus raw (50 to 70 percent).
Sherry Tanuminhardjo, University of Wisconsin Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences. There are dangers in eating raw meat. Raw vegans need to be careful to get their nutritional needs met such as getting iron from sources such as spinach. Vegans also need to be cognizant of getting the B vitamins
I have given you a flavor of the wealth of information that is presented in this informative an thought provoking piece. This 22 minute piece covers so much more than what I presented here so please take a listen and let me know what you think!
