I have just become aware of how little raw food I eat. Some berries, perhaps an apple and (rarely) a banana. Some sauekraut. And little bits of salad as garnish with first courses.
But almost everything else is cooked. I have a root veg soup cooking now in lamb stock (for lunch), and some beetroots roasting in the oven for later, with grilled pork steaks.
Is raw food beneficial, and should I be trying to eat more raw? Are there beneficial bacteria - or, as Sally Fallon mentions in Nourishing Traditions, helpful enzymes, which cooking kills? Or does cooking make minerals etc MORE available?