Article: New research on raw foods.(Scientific Update: A Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism)

Despite the interest in raw foods diets, little research has been conducted about them. A small German study examined blood levels of carotenoids in 198 strict raw foods diet followers. Carotenoids are found in fruits and vegetables and include substances associated with a lower risk of diseases like cancer, such as beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, and lycopene. Study subjects ate close to 95 percent by weight of their foods as raw foods and had followed this diet for at least two years.

Because of their high fruit and vegetable intake, people eating a raw foods diet would be expected to have high levels of these carotenoids in their blood. Most study subjects, ...

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