Did you know that digesting cooked, solid food uses nearly 50% of the total energy needed for basic metabolism?

The digestive process is long. It begins as soon as the food is put in the mouth and ends with the exit of the residues in the form of stools. The transformation of food to make it assimilable requires many reactions and secretions. This set of processes increased by the movements to mobilize the food bowl constitutes an enormous global energy cost for the organism. All the energy mobilized cannot therefore be devoted to other purposes such as healing processes for example.

It is very easy to reduce the energy cost of digestion by offering the body unprocessed and most natural foods possible, in short raw vegetables. Not only do they contain many nutrients (vitamins, minerals, enzymes...) that are fully bioavailable, but they also provide a significant amount of fiber. As we know, fiber facilitates transit, helps fight against bad cholesterol and reduces the risk of intestinal cancer.

People who are not used to this type of diet or those with fragile intestines may find it difficult to tolerate a mostly raw diet because of the high fiber content, which can be irritating at first.

You can avoid this concern and further reduce the energy cost of digestive processes by transforming these plants into liquids such as smoothies or juices, which have a double interest: reduce the digestive energy cost and avoid the intestinal problems of raw foods.

Smoothies and juices can be made from fruit, vegetables or both. They allow for significant absorption of nutrients and give the body back the energy it lacks. If despite everything, you feel very tired at the end of winter or if it turns out that you are deficient in vitamins or minerals, you can also boost your energy or fill your deficiencies with vitamin complexes made from natural vitamins such as the Vas-Uplex for example.