Dr. Andrew Weil's Raw Law

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Dr. Andrew Weil's Raw " Law "

 

The following is from the book, 'Natural Health, Natural Medicine' by

Andrew Weil, M.D.: (revised edition, Houghton Mifflin, 1995)

 

 

" Never eat raw: peas, beans, alfalfa sprouts, lentil sprouts, mung bean

sprouts, mushrooms.

 

Best when cooked a long time: beans, lentils, chickpeas, eggplant.

 

Better cooked than raw: beets and beet greens, chard, spinach, cabbage,

broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussel sprouts, collards, mustard greens,

winter squash, green beans. Do not overcook green vegetables.

 

Good both raw and cooked: carrots, celery, onions, garlic, chives,

scallions, summer squash, turnips, endive, asparagus, sunflower sprouts,

tomatoes, peppers.

 

Better raw: lettuce, other salad greens (arugula, radicchio,

watercress), cucumbers, radishes, buckwheat sprouts. "

The reason why it is not healthful to eat certain vegetables raw is that

they contain natural toxins which are destroyed by cooking.