Jillian Michaels opinion on ''Vegan Raw Food''

Let me first start by saying that I love Jillian Michaels.I think it is amazing what she did on all the seasons of Biggest Loser.How she helped out hundreds even thousands of people mentally and physically.She is an amazing women and an inspiration to a lot of people.I read her book ''Unlimited'' and the way she approaches life and tells you how to be the best you can be and reach your full potential is very motivating.She knows how the human body and mind functions and as we all know when she has a strong opinion about something, she will let everybody know and doesn't sweet talk anybody about it.You go Girl...

Which brings me to the topic I wanted to talk about.
Ever since leaving Biggest Loser Jillian is on the WCIU Show ''The Doctors''.The show is hosted by 3 doctors plus Jillian and the main subjects are health,beauty,nutrition and exercise.So today they discussed the raw vegan diet.And let me tell you Jillian had a very strong opinion about the vegan diet.She got really upset!She said that the human body is not meant to thrive on a vegan diet,that we can get E.coli from a raw vegan diet,that we are missing out on important B vitamins and that most of the vegetables we eat are better when they are cooked...
Well everybody is entitled to have their own thinking...I just wonder why she is so against it.As far as I know her once Co- Partner on BL Bob Harper is a Vegan or at least a part time Vegan(-;

We can argue back and forth if we are meant to eat meat but everybody knows that we should eat more plant foods and less animal products.If we all would lean more towards a plant strong diet,obesity rates would go down quickly.Nobody ever got fat and unhealthy from raw fruits and vegetables,whole grains,beans and legumes...burgers and hot dogs on the other hand..well that is another story!!!

The reason why there are E.coli outbreaks and people have gotten sick from eating spinach or cucumbers is because factory farms dump millions of gallons of putrefying waste into massive open-air cesspits,which can then contaminate the water that is used to irrigate the crops.E.coli is a bacterium that comes from poop..from animal poop.You can even get it if you swim in water that is contaminated.So lets not blame our beautiful raw veggies...

The list below shows all the important B Vitamins our body needs,besides Vitamin B12 we can obtain all these B Vitamins from a plant based diet.The reason why Vegans don't get enough B12 is because microorganisms, primarily bacteria, are the only organisms that manufacture B12. These bacteria often live in bodies of water and soil. Animals get B12 by eating food and soil contaminated with these microorganisms.Since Vegans don't eat any animal products and usually wash vegetables before consuming we hardly get B12.If we would still all have vegetable gardens and healthy rich soil there would be no Vitamin B12 issue.

Vitamin B₁ (thiamine)
Vitamin B₂ (riboflavin)
Vitamin B₃ (niacin or niacinamide)
Vitamin B₅ (pantothenic acid)
Vitamin B₆ (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, or pyridoxamine, or pyridoxine hydrochloride)
Vitamin B₇ (biotin)
Vitamin B₉ (folic acid)
Vitamin B₁₂ (various cobalamins)

There are 2 vegetables which nutrients are better absorbed when the are cooked.Carrots and Tomatoes.Carrots do release more of that beta-carotene and other phenolic compounds when they are cooked rather than eaten raw.Cooked tomatoes are also higher in lycopene than raw ones.
Those two vegetables-well tomatoes are actually a fruit are the only exception of the rule.Raw vegetables are far more nutritious.Overcooking veggies can rob them of much of their nutritional content.

I respect and appreciate when famous people have their own opinion,but they also have to understand that they have a big influence on people. Saying that a Vegan Diet is unhealthy is plain and simple ignorant!


Love and Cookies

Jennifer