Raw Foods - Key To Weight Loss And Better Health
Not too long ago, our ancestors' diet consisted mostly of raw foods including fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds and grains, dried fruit and juices, rolled or flaked grains, together 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 distressing news is that these overly processed foods have no real nutritional value anymore, and fiber has been all but forgotten.
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 to that high levels of stress, sedentary jobs, poor air and water quality and it's not surprising that we are now more obese, malnourished, infertile yet angry and violent.
Is it possible that the solution to so many of our social issues can be found in something as simple as raw food?
Let's see. The recommended daily servings are two to three fruits and three to five vegetables.
Too often people interpret the goal as five servings of fruit and vegetables when in reality a maximum of eight servings would be ideal.
That's a daily intake of eight servings of nutritionally dense foods that are naturally designed to satisfy you so you will find yourself eating less.
Additionally, weight loss is almost a certainty when you shift your focus from processed foods to fresh fruits and raw vegetables.
Because calorie and carbohydrate intake are substantially reduced when concentrating on raw foods, it's hard to overeat on such a diet. An added benefit to the high water and fiber content of such a diet will be realized in 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.
Meal plans designed to include raw foods into your daily life can be found online. When this is combined with the health improving elements of Weight Loss Breeze, you are surely on your way to a slimmer, healthier, and rejuvenated YOU!
Christian Goodman is a well known natural health writer and the creator of the Natural Health Blog. His latest work is the Weight Loss Breeze program, which is one of the best weight loss program around.
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