I rarely eat any processed foods as I prefer delicious natural foods. I put myself under a lot of stress, and my health tends to suffer when I eat processed foods.
Before I started eating nearly all my food raw, I cooked my food like other people did.
When given a choice, I liked my food to be under cooked.
Vegetables tend to become colourless, flavourless and mushy when overcooked. I prefer colourful vegetables and the adventure of the full flavour of undercooked vegetables.
I an not vegetarian and am definitely am not vegan. I haven’t yet found a way to make either of those two lifestyles work for my body and the way I run my life.
As I have a busy life, when preparing meals for myself I sometimes didn’t bother cooking my food at all. Not only did it save me the cooking time, it also saved me the time and effort involved in washing saucepans. It also completely eliminated the risk of burning the cooking utensils which tended to happen when I was distracted by phone calls and other interruptions.
Eventually I almost completely gave up cooking. I rarely ate any food that was not raw.
I can still enjoy a cooked meal with family or friends. Or a meal at a restaurant. However I mainly prefer raw.