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College Cooking: raw diets and raw dessert month

By Joel MacKenzie,
Staff Writer

Cast away that macaroni
and cheese! College Cooking
is here to provide recipes,
ideas, and healthy eating
information to help post-
secondary students create
healthy, unique, satisfying
food for cheap.

aw diets are
becoming
increasingly

popular. They consist
of only uncooked and
unprocessed food.
They’re often similar
to vegan ones, though
the two should not be
confused. Vegan diets
consist only of plant
sources, while raw
diets may include some
edible, uncooked meat
and raw dairy products,
including milk and eggs.
Countless raw recipes
exist today that transform
regular uncooked foods
into cuisine, often with
the use of blenders,
dehydrators, and
techniques like soaking
and freezing.
Supporters of raw
diets argue that they are

healthy for both people
and the earth. They

say heating food past

a specific temperature
destroys its naturally
available nutrients and
enzymes. Many also
argue that food eaten as
closely as possible to its
living state is healthier
for us. They argue that
the healthy eating that
accompanies the diet
provides the many
benefits of an overall
healthy body. Also, raw
eaters can feel more in
tune with the Earth, as
they see food in a very
natural state, and reduce
the waste created by
packaged food.

But rebutters of the
raw food diet also make
some important points.
They say that our bodies
create all of the enzymes
required for digestion,
that ones found in plant
foods are only suited for
the plant while it is alive,
and that our digestive
systems destroy most of
these enzymes, as well as
any benefits that could
come from food being
closer to its living state.
Also, they argue that
humans have adapted

Hunger pains

How to tolerate
food allergies and
intolerances

By Lauren Paulsen,
Contributor

can’t count how

many times people
have said “I’d

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die if I couldn’t eat

that anymore,” to me
throughout the years.
Funny, because for me,
Treally could die from
eating the exact thing
people say they would
die without. It’s not the
end of the world if you
have to cut a few things
out of your diet. I’d much

to eating cooked foods,
proven by the shape of
our digestive systems
and the presence of
certain enzymes in our
bodies.

It’s important to point
out that no nutritionist
would argue against
including many raw
fruits and vegetables
in a diet. They do have
benefits, including many
phytochemicals that
modern science has yet
to completely explain.
So adding more raw
food into your diet can
be a great endeavor, for
health, for planet Earth,
and the expansion of
your culinary mindset.

Raw Peanut Butter
Chocolate Ice Cream

In honour of the raw
diet, this month College
Cooking will feature four
easy raw dessert recipes,
starting with chocolate
banana soft serve.

This recipe was
taken with permission
from cleangreensimple.
com. I was amazed by its
quality and easiness; the
blended bananas alone
make a delicious dish.
Check out the website

prefer it to having to take
a trip to the hospital.
Food intolerances
are actually fairly
common. They differ
from food allergies
because they don’t
require the presence of
Immunoglobulin E.
The most common
food allergy people

for even more awesome
recipes!

Next week will feature
another “ice cream” made
with a common smooth,
green fruit.

Ingredients (prices taken
from Save-On-Foods)

-2 bananas, sliced then
frozen, $0.80

-3 tbsp creamy peanut
butter, Western Family,
$0.33

-3 tbsp cocoa powder,
bulk, $0.24

-1 tsp. agave nectar

hear about are nuts,
most notably peanuts.

If someone allergic to
peanuts comes into
contact with them, it can
end fatally. That’s got to
be scary, because people
without food allergies
don’t tend to think about
what they touch and
“contaminate” with the

 

(optional), Wholesome
Sweeteners $0.01
Total: $1.38

Directions

Blend bananas, peanut
butter, and cocoa ina
food processor until
smooth. If the bananas
become crumbly, scrape
down the sides of the
bowl and continue
blending. Add agave
nectar to taste, and
optionally, top with
chopped peanuts and
chocolate.

food residue on their
fingers. Not that I’m
blaming anyone—it’s just
not something everyone
considers.

Ihave a long list of
foods that I cannot eat,
so much so, that I find it
easier to tell people what
I can eat instead of what
I cannot eat. We rarely