Degree of Food Processing
Based on food processing degree, we have raw-food and highly industrialized, refined food diet.
Raw Food Diet
- A healthy diet, based on uncooked foods, in their most potentially nutritious state. The energy from sun, water and nutrients from the earth are intact in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds. All chemicals, alcoholic beverages or stimulants are avoided.
- It is closely related to the vegetarian diet and twinned to the Paleolithic diet.
Highly Industrialized, Refined Food Diet
- This is the modern way of eating, currently practiced in the majority of the industrialized countries.
- It is highly unhealthy, the cause of most modern nutrition diseases. It has a negative effect on bones, teeth, heart and liver.