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WELLNESS TEXT AMY SELBACH RAW FOOD DIET Amy Selbach is the owner of Taut Body Studio in Village Market. She is a holistic health coach, personal trainer and Pilates instructor and creator of the Taut Body program that has helped hundreds of her clients lose weight and change their health completely. She also leads life-design and business incubator workshops for entrepreneurs. She would love to hear from you at www.tautbody.com, email [email protected] or follow us on www.facebook.com/tautbodyandsoul 4 Rules of a Raw Food Diet...and Where It May Fall Short Raw food diets have been ebbing and flowing in health trends for decades. In terms of what the diet is, although the name may speak for itself, there is a bit more to it than simply eating all your food raw. Technically speaking, cookie dough is a raw food, but you guessed it - not allowed on this diet. The premise of the diet is that cooking kills food, meaning it destroys nutrients and enzymes that are nourishing and disease-fighting for our bodies. In fact, cooking food at high temperatures in unsaturated oils to the point of smoking or frying also XZ