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There has been a debate on raw diets vs. cooked diets in the physical culture since the early 1950's. This debate still goes on today, especially with the natural bodybuilding realm. This argument is focused mainly on the source of protein coming from a meat source.

Hemp Seed Powder and Wheat Grass are much richer sources of protein than meat which has been treated with hormones and cooked and difficult for your body to digest.

There are immeasurable advantages of a raw food diet for a natural bodybuilder. A raw food diet provides more lifting strength and you are able to have less rest time between sets. Vital nutrients such as enzymes, minerals and vitamins have been depleted from the foods through the cooking process.

If you take a look at the largest consumers of raw food, you will see the strongest animals such as the gorilla, rhino, hippo, elephant, giraffe and more. How do these animals build such strong muscles and incredible strength without a diet of meat and cooked foods?

A Gorilla's diet is 100 percent raw as are the diets of the other animal's listed. You can be healthy and build a strong, well-sculpted body with raw organic fruits, green leafy vegetables, nuts and sunflower seeds.

Your body becomes clogged and weighed down by cooked foods and is depleted of the energy sources needed for bodybuilding. It takes a strong mind and will to be successful at a raw bodybuilding diet. Cooked foods blow up, or give an inflated look to muscles that only last for a temporary time. A foundation needs to be built for muscle to grow, and this can only be done with all natural proteins and carbs that are found in raw, uncooked foods.

Just observing the nutrients in fruit alone is enough to convince you of the benefits and nutrients to your body. Botanical fruits are what I am referring to when I speak of fruits. Botanical fruits are fruit that contains seed that regenerate more fruit within itself. These include but not limited to avocado, cucumber, red and green peppers, squash, and tomatos.

Continue your research on this website on the benefits and health advantages of a raw food diet versus a cooked food diet for your bodybuilding regime. Keep a journal and document how you feel with your raw food diet, you will be able to determine what foods help you the most.

You are building a natural and healthy foundation that will last as long as you continue to build.