How eat natural food that's tasty, filling but not fattening

Most people say that eating raw food is not filling. The reason is simple, raw food is easily digested. That's a good thing of course, but people want to feel full after a meal.

"Miraculous deeds have been performed on empty stomach"

Goes the popular saying. Its true, when you stomach is empty lot of energy is freed up from the digestion process and is used for other things like thinking.

Feeling light after a meal is good thing, you will feel active and your brain will be more sharp. A meal consisting of raw vegetables is the best food you can ever eat in terms of energy and healthiness.

If you insist on feeling full after a meal, there are natural foods available to fit your bill. It goes without saying that natural foods are not fattening and they are always eaten raw. Cooked food is never natural, it is already processed through heat.

Here's a list of foods you can eat when you want to feel full without the fattening side effects.

Bananas

This fruit fits the bill of food that's tasty, juicy and filling while not fattening. The reason its tasty is because it's tasty of course. The reason it is filling is because it take the stomach 45 minutes to digest this fruit and pass it on to the intestines. Most fruits only take 15 minutes. Banana is the only fruit which stays 45 minutes in the stomach.

Banana being a fruit is not fattening at all. Eating just a couple of long bananas will leave you feeling full. Almost everyone finds banana tasty.

You can mix bananas with fruits like apples, mangoes and pineapple to make a tasty fruit salad for breakfast. I assure you it will filling and tasty, the best part is that fruit intake in the morning will aid detoxification.

Avocado

People who have eaten avocado know what I am talking about. This fruit (it's a fruit not a vegetable) is so tasty that people just can't get enough of it. You will tend to overeat this fruit.

Try this recipe for lunch.

Make a sandwich:

Whole wheat bread with a touch of raw butter

Place two slices of fresh tomato

Place mashed avocado on top of the tomatoes

A leaf of lettuce if you want

You will love the taste of avocado with tomatoes. Avocado is a fruit which has natural fat. So if you feel the need to munch on some natural fat which is not harmful for your body, try avocado. I maintain, nothing natural can ever harm your body or degenerate its structure in any way. Have you ever seen an obese horse?

Dates

Egyptians and people of the Arab contingents swear by this fruit. Dates are converted to dry fruits or eat in their natural form. Dried fruit dates are very filling and easy to eat. Some of the good quality ones taste like wine and chocolates.

You can get packets of seedless dried dates from any store. Dates are a great source of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, phosphorous, vitamins A, D, C and fructose. Dates were eaten during the long rides through desert but the ancient wanderers. It was their only source of energy.

Dates are filling. You just need to eat close to 10 dates to feel full, that's because of their immediate energy giving property. Dates cannot be overeat because you will start feeling queasy if you overeat. They are not fattening either. Dried fruit of course is not completely natural and hence should not be consumed in large quantities.

Don't eat dried fruit with natural fruit. Dried fruit would usually take 45 minutes to an hour for digestion. The delayed digestion would help you feel full.

If you going to take an exam or performing an activity which requires high concentration, make sure you eat dates (on empty stomach of course)