Eat foods as nature creates, without processing them in any way or cooking them, to benefit from all the macro- and micronutrients they contain and take advantage of their valuable properties. Put like that, that of the “crudists” sounds like an extremely healthy approach. But, in fact, it can prove dangerous to health, because heat serves to break down the bacterial load of foods (especially fresh, moist foods that are rich in protein and sugar, which are much loved by pathogenic microorganisms) and prevent food toxins. “Raw,” i.e., non-pasteurized, milk is a case in point. As demonstrated by
a recent incident in the United States
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The truth about DNA testing by mail
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