more about higher densities

[Jade]

"Living foodstuff" is alive. When you harvest a fruit or vegetable, the fruit is still functioning as a living organism - for a long time, if you plant it, the seeds will grow and take root. They can still ripen and get more viable to eat. The longer a vegetable/fruit has been removed from its initial source, the more lifeforce it loses. This is why "eating local" is a big deal - the longer your food is stored for travel, the less alive it is. Of course, this is only fruits/vegetables/grains/nuts etc... processed food and DEAD animal tissue is not living food. FRESH (not pasteurized) milk and eggs could be arguably "living foodstuff" as well. This is also why sprouted legumes and nuts are so much healthier - we eat them usually in a dried/dormant state - if you sprout them and bring "life" back into them, they are that much healthier because you are eating food that is alive.

Most (hunting) carnivores in the wild eat their prey while its still alive. The exception being the scavengers that are nature's garbage disposals.