raw adjective, -er, -est, noun
–adjective
| 1. | uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot. |
| 2. | not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton. |
| 3. | ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit. |
| 4. | brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions |
| 5. | not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey. |
| 6. | unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data. |
–noun
| 7. | unrefined sugar, oil, etc. |
—Idiom
| 14. | in the raw,
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I love to cook and am determined to find a healthy diet for our family. I am determined to work within the (limited) time and (limited) resources available to me.
With all of our modern technology, you would think we would be abe to reduce the numbers of people afflicted with heart disease, cancer, etc. Why is it that as time goes on the numbers keep climbing? Is it true, are we what we eat? Is it what we put inside us?
Why am I defining “raw”? Tradional diets consist of much more raw food than the Standard American Diet (or SAD.) By raw food, I certainly do not mean to eat salads every day, day in and day out. I’m talking milk, cream, beef, lamb, eggs, fish, etc. Traditional diets seem to be heavier on the fats (natural animal fats, that is) and so far as I am finding up to this point they are also heavier on nutrients, minerals, and flavore. Cultures consuming traditional diets have rare incidents of cancer, heart disease, autism, ADHD, etc. What parent wouldn’t want to try to nourish her family in this same manner?
