The Importance of Raw Nutrition

One thing that's easy to overlook is the importance of food to be consumed in its raw, or uncooked, state. I'd go so far as to say that atleast 80% of the diet should consist of raw foods, specifically organic fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Fruits are usually served in raw form anyways, so that parts easy. A mistake that a lot of people make is cooking and/or steaming their vegetables, and it's important not to do that, but to eat them raw instead. And lastly, a lot of nuts are sold in "roasted" form, so when buying any nuts or trailmix, make sure that they're in raw and organic form.

The reason why Raw is important is because when you're cooking/roasting/steaming foods, especially vegetables and nuts, it kills the majority of the vitamins and nutrients that were originally contained within those foods.

David Wolfe, one of the world leading nutritionists, has this to say about Raw Foods:

"A 100% Raw-Food Diet is the greatest secret in the world today. What we eat deeply and radically affects the way we think, feel, and behave. It radically affects the entire life process of planet Earth. 90% of the Earth's abundance is being burned up in the kitchen fire. Ann Wigmore did a study which demonstrated that 83% of the food's nutritional value is lost in the process of cooking. That means that 83% of the TIME, LABOR, and RESOURCES which went into creating that food are also destroyed by cooking. This idea affects everything! It affects all agriculture, all politics, all business, all economics, all over the world! The global impact of humanity's eating habits prompted me to dedicate myself to this message of physical and planetary rejuvenation. A 100% raw plant food diet IS the greatest discovery in the history of the world. It is THE path which will lead humanity out of the present chaos into a bountiful future.
I have always been health conscious, being the son of two medical doctors. I saw ill people my whole life and naturally wanted to avoid going down the same path. So, I stopped taking medicine at 10 years old against my parents' wishes, and stopped dairy products at 19. Then I gradually cut out the dead animal muscle (meat) and was a vegan for a time, until exposed to the raw-food idea by reading Bircher-Benner's Nutritional Diseases which we had in my home. After which, I became a raw-foodist overnight"

This article goes into good detail as well... http://www.naturalnews.com/037037_raw_food_diet_chemical_agriculture_antioxidants.html