This restaurant does not give me compelling reason to stop. Still, raw foodism seems to be growing. Next month, Juliano will move Raw to larger quarters to meet customer demand. And living-food advocates cite the proliferation of juice bars as proof that their regimen is entering the mainstream. Although raw foodism seems to be on the rise, it's unlikely to become as big a culinary trend as, say, nouvelle cuisine.
Few people are completely committed to it.
For those who are, health is a motivating factor. Whoever started cooking food 40,000 years ago didn't realize that we are not designed to eat cooked food. We're designed like other species to eat food in the raw form. Strict believers think that cooking destroys foods' vitamins and minerals and that cooked foods clog the intestines and colon, leading to ills from cancer to diabetes. But food safety experts raise cautions about the raw food diet.