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lower bone density but were otherwise in good health. There have been concerns about feeding babies raw diets or children of mothers who are following raw diets but there are no conclusive studies yet.
Some doctors say that although it is true that the food's enzymes get destroyed when cooked, our body puts them back. Some doctors have concerns that the lack of variety in raw diets, especially in the more severe types, can lead to
deficiency of some nutrients, such as vitamin B12.
While some vitamins evaporate during cooking, some nutrients are released and absorbed better when the foods are cooked, for example, lycopene from tomatoes.
Some alternative therapy practitioners think that people living in cold places should not follow the raw diet. People who eat raw foods in cold climates consume a lot of spices and chilies to raise the body temperature.
There is no proof either that totally raw diets are healthier than the normal cooked dishes or vice
versa, although it seems that balanced, healthy diets are better than
raw diets. Carol Alt, for example, highlights how bad she was eating prior to embracing the raw diet and how great she felt eating only raw foods. But that begs the question What if she would have just eaten healthy? Did she need such a radical diet?
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