Raw Food Living
Raw Food Living has lots of advantages, This type of lifestyle is going around the world as more and more people are looking for new, quicker ways to lose weight and become healthier.
A raw food diet includes fruit, veggies, sprouts, nuts, seeds, dried fruit and seaweed. These diets are based on eating unprocessed and uncooked plant foods. Raw food advocates believe that heating food above 116 degrees Fahrenheit destroys the enzymes in food that help with digestion and absorption. A typical raw food diet consists of 75% of the diet being raw.
Individuals have sworn that being on the raw food diet increases energy, improves the skin’s appearance and reduces the risk of heart disease. The raw food diet will also help you lose weight and produce better digestion.
Nutritional elements such as potassium, magnesium, fiber, folate and phytochemicals have been associated with lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
Your body may take some time to get used to the raw food diet, some side effects you may come across are mild headaches, nausea, cravings. This will usually pass in a few days once your body detoxifies.
In your raw food diet you may include foods such as fresh vegetables and fruits, grains, legumes, dried fruit and unprocessed organic or natural foods. You can also include freshly juiced fruits and vegetables, young coconut milk and purified water.
Some equipment you may need to start your raw food diet are a dehydrator which allows you to dehydrate your fruits and vegetables to enjoy whenever you want. Dehydrated food always lasts a lot longer as well.
Also a good food processor or blender will benefit you. It will save you time, not having to chop up your veggies and fruits. Also a good juice extractor is a must have for juicing your fresh fruits and veggies.
This diet may not be beneficial to all people such as children because there growing bodies are in need of more proteins and different nutrients, pregnant or nursing women as they are not to have raw food and also people with anemia or osteoporosis should not consume raw food.
If you are planning on changing your lifestyle and switching to raw food living you must keep in mind that it takes a considerable amount of effort to maintain as all your foods will be made from scratch. Also you may have trouble obtaining some of the ingredients you require. Although if you are committed and do not have any underlying health problems then the raw food way of living may be beneficial to you.
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Posted by mangosteen on June 8th, 2009 filed in mangosteen health, natural remedy
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