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Best Diet Ever

June 18th, 2010

I know you have probably looked at all sorts of diets and interesting eating plans out there, and they have all probably claimed to be the best diet ever. However, many of these diets have no proof to back up those claims, other than a few mumbled references to studies done elsewhere, and some customer feedback clips.

Now, if that is all it takes to create the best diet ever, I could probably come up with something somewhat convincing based on pretty much any food product or supplement that I want to sell more of. Anyone who has ever launched a new diet pill or energy capsule has pretty much done this, of course, in an effort to convince you that their product will give you the results you are looking for.

That is not to say that there is no validity to their claims, but the best diet ever? I think that term ought to be reserved for something truly amazing. Something that helps you to meet your weight management and energy goals, tastes great, is good for you, and doesn’t break the bank in the meantime. Something that is easy to prepare, does not include proprietary products that you can only get from one source, and something that you feel happy with now, and for the rest of your life.

If you follow that line of thinking, you will see that eating a raw food diet may indeed be following the best diet you could ever find.

For starters, a raw diet can help you to achieve any number of weight management and health goals. If you want to slim down, drop a few inches or otherwise decrease your overall weight, a raw food diet can help you with that. If you want to bulk up or add muscle, a properly calibrated raw food diet can assist you. If you want to eat for energy, raw foods can give you the fuel that you need to perform at your peak. No other diet or eating plan can accomplish that like the variety and abundance of raw foods can.

Raw foods also taste wonderful. Many of the foods we eat that are cooked have to have additional spices or salt or sugar added to them to bring them back up to a level of flavor that we enjoy. But if you bite into a fresh kiwi fruit, you will never think to yourself “hey, this could use some extra sugar…” Raw foods are bright and fresh not only in appearance, but in flavor.

And no one owns the rights to raw foods. There is not one company who controls the world’s supply of avocados, and can mark up the price and restrict the places to get one. Raw foods can be bought at any grocery store, any roadside produce stand or grown in any garden. No one will restrict what you can have, any time you want it when it comes to raw foods.

For my money, these are just a few reasons that the raw foods diet is truly the best diet you could possibly follow.

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Top 5 Reasons to Follow a Raw Foods Diet

April 26th, 2010

Near more reasons to follow a raw foods diet? Well, here we go…

There are lots of reasons to change the way you eat, and consume less dead and cooked food items. It sounds wonderful, but sometimes, it can be difficult to put into words why exactly you would want to change your diet and eat more raw foods – particularly when speaking with someone who does not agree with your new-found ideas.

While a diet change is not about converting those around you to a system that works for you, here are a few points you can present when asked “why on earth would you want to limit yourself only to raw foods?”

1. Raw foods can help you to lose weight.

When you start to eat for energy with a raw food diet, you are going to notice that the volume of food that you eat is not going to differ drastically. You won’t be asked to skimp and starve yourself; but while you will be eating plenty, you will likely see a loss in overall body weight. Because raw foods tend to have a high concentration of fibre, you will feel more full, and because they contain no artificial sugars, you will be consuming fewer calories, on average.

2. Eating raw foods will give you more energy.

Hey, that’s why they call it eating for energy. Raw foods contain living enzymes. These enzymes are fairly delicate, and when cooked, tend to be destroyed. When you ingest raw, living enzymes, you provide your body with help. Extra calories that, in the past, would go towards digestion can now be harnessed by your muscles, giving you a boost in energy.

3. Eating raw will also reduce your energy consumption in your home.

Many of us have very high energy bills every month, and a large contributor to that are our appliances. Microwave ovens, stoves and conventional ovens take a huge amount of energy to run in order to provide us with cooked foods. When you switch to a raw food diet, you won’t need your oven or microwave any more – the biggest appliances in your kitchen will be your fridge and a food dehydrator. Those savings on your monthly energy bill will really add up.

4. With a raw food diet, you get more vitamins.

Sure, many of us get all the vitamins we need, because we take daily supplements and pills to ensure that we are meeting the minimum requirements. But if you up your intake of fruits and vegetables, you are going to get more than the minimum daily requirements – without having to choke down a fistful of pills every morning.

5. With a raw food diet, you will likely find that you are going to get sick less often.

This high energy diet helps to keep your body in great shape, inside and out, and a healthy body helps foster a healthy immune system. Your body will be able to fight back more effectively against the average flu bug or seasonal cold, and you will be able to bounce back quicker when you do get the sniffles.

=> Got any other reasons to eat more raw foods? Please share.

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Transition to a Raw Food Diet

April 20th, 2010

Starting a raw food diet can be a daunting task. It is not simply a quick change in the way you prepare food, but a whole new way of looking at the fuels you put into your body.

It is a lifestyle change, and as such, it is going to require some work on your part in order to make the transition as successful as possible. If you invest the time and effort in these early stages, you will be paving your own way towards a healthier and happier life as a raw eater. It is often said that the lazy man works double – once to do things the easiest way possible, and once again to go back and correct all of his mistakes.

You will probably start by wondering exactly how to eat a raw diet. Unless you have recently moved, or are willing to go through your cupboards and pantry and throw out or donate everything within, you are likely going to be left with some items that simply cannot be eaten raw. Boxes of pasta, loaves of bread, and some meats like pork and chicken just have to be cooked (or already are).

A successful transition, however, does not require you to simply toss this all to the side and start anew. Cold turkey might work for some smokers, but new raw eaters might eventually crave hot turkey if they just try to switch too abruptly.

And of course, there is the financial aspect to consider in restocking your entire kitchen. Instead, a better way to transition to a raw foods diet is to do just that – transition. Use what you have, but augment every meal with at least one raw item. Do this until you are used to it, then up the raw and thin out the cooked.

If you continue this plan of attack until your supplies of cookable food are exhausted, you will find that you have an easier time adapting to your new plans, and fewer cravings for your old cooked favorites.

If you need more raw food help, there are plenty of places to turn. Go to your local holistic or organic grocery store – you will find plenty of great ingredients to ignite your imagination, and the staff there will be able to offer suggestions for new meals. Look online for blogs, articles and web sites dedicated to raw food meal plans, run by uncooked aficionados.

The biggest thing to remember when transitioning from a traditional North American diet to a raw foods diet is that not everything needs to be done in one step. Rome was not built in a day, and neither should your all-raw meal plan.

Put in the time now, and you will find that, once your cupboard is bare of cookable food, you will have no problems stocking it with great raw alternatives, without missing a beat.

And if you ever find yourself tempted to go back, just stop and think for a few minutes before you eat, and remember that for every cooked and dead food item out there, there is a similar raw option.