When you eat raw foods the enzymes needed to unlock its specific nutrients are included within it. When you eat cooked foods, the enzymes, which are killed by heat, are no longer in the food. In that case, your pancreas must produce the enzymes needed to break the food down to the smallest molecular level.

What most people don't realize is that eating cooked foods puts an unnecessary burden on your pancreas, ultimately distracting it from its main job: Strengthening …