Going raw means greater health and vitality. Must it mean giving up alcohol to maintain that standard? Eating raw, defined as obtaining 75 percent of your diet solely from food that is not cooked at any heat higher than 116 degrees , creates a standard of excellence for your body. Adding alcohol, especially hard liquor, to a raw diet makes your body go into shock and is not a good idea, in principle. A moderate intake of sulfite-free wine maintains a raw diet and can help your heart.
Be Careful
Drinking while eating raw can be dangerous. Once adjusted to a raw diet, your normal tolerance for any sort of alcohol will wane. Drink slowly and monitor your body's reaction. After even a week of eating raw, your body may react to alcohol like a poison.
Hard Alcohol Hurts
A shot of vodka tempts even the strongest of us at times, but consuming hard alcohol on a raw diet brings with it the guilt that what you are doing violates your raw lifestyle. Hard alcohol is, essentially, a boiled food, since it involves distillation. Take caution--your tolerance for even a shot or your favorite drink may have drastically changed since the last time you consumed that drink.
Wine is Fine
Wine does not violate the raw diet as it is not distilled. Try to find wines that are sulfite-free and organic. Your body will thank you for it. Try your local whole food grocer to find a variety or contact local winemakers for possibilities. Ask questions or do research about the process if you're concerned it is not actually raw.
Drink, Drink, Drink H20
Consume large amounts of water while drinking alcohol. Alcohol dehydrates the body. Since the body reacts more violently to alcohol on a raw diet, take every precaution you can and drink water. Try to drink one glass per every drink of alcohol you consume.
Beer is Bad
Drinking beer is also a violation of a truly raw food diet. The body will react harshly to beers as it is heated beyond 116 degrees. As temping and hard as it may be on a hot summer's night or after a long work day, avoid having a beer. Your body will thank you.
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