Raw Foods - Key to Weight Loss and Better Health
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Just a few decades ago, our ancestors have survived and even thrived on a diet of raw foods, mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds and grains, dried fruit and juices, rolled or flaked grains, with a few herbs and spices.
During plentiful times, meat from animals and fish was included in their diet, but for the most part, it was just fruits and vegetables. Because of this, the women were lean and healthy, the men were muscular, and everyone engaged in daily activities such as walking and running.
Everything was going smoothly until somebody discovered fire, and this started the downward spiral that eventually led us to today's 'processed foods'.
In just three generations, our society has taken a comparatively healthy diet and while attempting to make it look more appealing, we've gotten off course, way off course.
Today's highly processed foods are certainly more attractive and thus more marketable, so it's a sure bet that it looks really good on the shelf. In addition to making it look so appetizing, we've added countless chemicals pushing preservation to the very edge, where shelf life is virtually unlimited.
The bad news is that because of all the chemicals added, these processed foods have been stripped of any real nutritional value and fiber.
The two most commonly consumed 'vegetables' now are French fries and ketchup, at a time when we find ourselves beleaguered with arthritis, attention deficit disorder, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes and cancer.
Add high levels of stress, sedentary jobs, poor air and water quality and it's no wonder we're a more obese, malnourished, infertile yet angry and violent society today.
Is it plausible that as simple as raw food can solve so many of our social issues?
Well, take a moment to consider a few things; the recommended daily servings are two to three fruits and three to five vegetables.
People often interpret it as five servings of fruit and vegetables when the ideal should be a maximum of eight servings.
That means a daily intake of eight servings of nutritionally dense foods that are meant to satisfy you so you will find yourself eating less.
Moreover, you will lose weight when you change your eating habits from processed foods to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Since calorie and carbohydrate intake are substantially lowered when eating raw foods, it will be hard to overeat on such foods. Another positive outcome of a high water and fiber content diet is a feeling of fullness, a healthier digestive system, and a detoxified body with increased anti-aging properties.
A drastic shift toward raw food can overwhelm your body and it is highly recommended that you gradually increase your intake of raw food over several days while at the same time reducing the amount of processed foods.
You will find yourself spending less time in the kitchen preparing foods and more time enjoying them.
It's also possible that you will find yourself more frequently in the produce department however, since raw foods do not contain vast amounts of chemicals, thus making you buy only the items that you expect to consume in a short period of time to maintain freshness.
A lot of meal plans intended to contain raw foods in your daily life can be found online, and when integrated with the health improving elements of Weight Loss Breeze, you can be assured of a healthier, slimmer and revitalized YOU!
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Christian Goodman is a well known natural health researcher and the creator of the Natural Health Blog. His newest work is the Weight Loss Breeze program, which is one of the best weight loss program around.
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