How do you score on this raw foods quiz?

Raw Foods Enthusiast
Author: Judy Pokras


Question 1

What berry is very nutritious and sometimes called a Wolf Berry?
• 1. raspberry
• 2. strawberry
• 3. mulberry
• 4. goji berry
• 5. huckleberry

Question 2

What mildly sweet derivative of rice tastes a bit like malt and is very high in antioxidants?
• 1. cacao
• 2. tocotrienols
• 3. mesquite
• 4. maca
• 5. lucuma


Question 3

What nutritious ingredient would be essential in raw chocolate chip cookies?
• 1. cacao nibs
• 2. carob powder
• 3. raisins
• 4. blueberries
• 5. caraway seeds

Question 4

What type of seed is very high in protein and very easy to digest and is great in smoothies and tabouli?
• 1. celery seed
• 2. poppy seed
• 3. fennel seed
• 4. hemp seed
• 5. sesame seed

Question 5

Which ingredient when sliced into strips makes a great substitute for fresh pasta?
• 1. mango
• 2. papaya
• 3. Thai coconut
• 4. celery
• 5. avocado

Question 6

Which exotic fruit has the taste and texture of vanilla pudding and makes a fabulous raw ice cream without anything added to it?
• 1. white sapote
• 2. mamey
• 3. passion fruit
• 4. carambola
• 5. lychee

Question 7

Which ingredient makes a wonderful surprise when mixed into a raw cake batter?
• 1. hemp seeds
• 2. pumpkin seeds
• 3. sunflower seeds
• 4. pomegranate seeds
• 5. celery seeds


Question 8

Which ingredient is hard to find raw in the US since Sept. 1, 2007?
• 1. pecans
• 2. almonds
• 3. pine nuts
• 4. brazil nuts
• 5. filberts

Question 9

Which ingredient, when soaked in the water from a young coconut, and mixed with raw nut cream, makes a tasty cereal?
• 1. carob powder
• 2. poppy seeds
• 3. maca powder
• 4. chia seeds
• 5. wheatgrass

Question 10

Which of the following ingredients is never raw, yet inexplicably appears in some raw food recipes?
• 1. agave nectar
• 2. maple syrup
• 3. Celtic salt
• 4. Extra Virgin coconut oil
• 5. cacao

Question 11

Which other ingredient is never raw, yet inexplicably appears in some raw food recipes?
• 1. sun-dried tomatoes
• 2. pickles
• 3. nutritional yeast
• 4. carob powder
• 5. sunflower seeds

Here are the answers to this test.

Why Raw Food?

If you're new to raw foods, here are some reasons to consider adopting this lifestyle:

• Raw fruits and vegetables contain all of their nutrients, valuable vitamins, minerals and enzymes, things mostly destroyed by the cooking process (although some forms of cooking--frying, roasting and baking--are a lot more destructive than others, namely steaming and boiling). By eating raw foods, we're strengthening our immune systems.
• Scientific studies show that when oils, animal fats and nuts and seeds are heated, they're chemically changed in ways that are harmful to the body. When we eat raw foods, properly combined, we have so much more energy than when we eat cooked foods.
• We look better when we eat raw foods.
• When we eat raw foods, we lose weight without even trying!
• There are many people who have healed themselves of chronic diseases and other conditions by eating a raw foods diet (in combination, perhaps, with other modalities like exercising and meditating).

You can make delicious recipes from raw foods, so that you won't miss cooked foods. It may be hard to believe at first, but there are many people out there to vouch for this!

+ Check out this August 15, 2002 column in The Guardian.

A note about language
The term "raw" generally means any food grown in nature that is not heated above 105 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature beyond which enzymes are destroyed. Enzymes are like three dimensional puzzle pieces; in order for them to fit into blood cells to facilitate digestion, they have to retain their unique shape. Heating them over 105 degrees F melts them and they can no longer do their work.

The term "live" (pronounced with a long "i", to rhyme with hive) generally means a food (especially one that grows wild) that contains all of its life energy and that forms an alkaline condition in the body. Alkaline-producing foods contribute to health and longevity.

A food can technically be raw, like an uncooked carrot, for example, but not be considered "live" because it contains starch and/or too much sugar, and forms acid in the body. Foods that form acid promote disease and aging.

We use the words live and raw at Raw Foods News Magazine because "raw food" is often used as the name for the lifestyle in general, and we want to be inclusive rather than exclusive. New people are becoming interested in the lifestyle every day, and we are all at different points on the path. We think therefore that it's okay to use either term, as long as we make it clear that we personally believe in the purer (live) form of the diet.