Well I'm not going to lie that I am really strict though at times I do use herbal perparations which have been heated. I've noticed how maca effects me better raw than as opposed to toasted. I have a big interest in raw alchemy or preparations as well.

How is my diet? I am pretty much keen on sproutarianism. About 90% of the food I eat are raw sprouts or germinated seeds and the rest are condiments.

I know that plants shd be ground up well to make an extraction. My best experience with yerba mate was of cold water extraction from 100% raw chimarrao ground up gaucho style. It has to be dried and ground up. Aging wd probbly make it more palatable or smtg but I liked it as is. Very expensive though. Chimaterere.com sells it as called chimaraw.

It's just smtg I like to experiment with... and if there are ways to prepare smtg and to leave it raw I assune it's better for me... it also feels a lot better also.

As for bioavailability.. again that's why I wd like to learn the raw preparation or alchemical process.

Ground up plant substances are not so bad. Germinated seeds also. There are ways I believe to get things to sprout which are normally hard to sprout or take time. Magnets, and other environmental fixes do help.

I just know how substances effects me raw as opposed to heat processed and pretty much 100% the raw versions always effect me better. And if it cannot be taken raw I just dnt eat it.

But I am of the belief that if a person requires the aid of heat processed medicinals or with weak digestion it can help when the raw food can't. Only in these cases though.

Also... the raw vs cooked tomato arguent often shows up. Imo the raw benefits outweigh the cooked benefits unlesss as I said one needs to use it.medicinally.

Also our digestive fire can be limited due to having eaten cooked food  for a long time. So when a person builds hikself up with raw sprouted foods or other fresh wild raw foods the body does start to digest raw food a lot easier.

Some things just can't be eaten raw or shd not. Often times also this may be due to overhybridization. Or just the fact that probably its just not meant to be eatej raw imo unless as medicine or for in the case of poor digestion. And pretty much most people are not at the level of stregnth to eat some raw foods until the body is cleansed or atleast a specific raw dietary protocol is best for these types. Ie referring to people who go all out on fruits and low fat.

Its just my thoughts. Im on a cell phone btw as my pc and laptop are in repairs so if some of the text looks jarbled or I missed smtg please excuse me. I am willing to discuss more on this matter later if here is anything else you'd like to talk about.