Raw food diets don’t work for most, do you know why?

raw food diet

How many times have you tried raw food diet and failed to stick to it?

Not your fault at all. The fact is that your sense of taste was developed on cooked food. Changing to a complete raw food diet is not possible so late in your life. It's highly beneficial but not possible in reality for most of us.

And frankly it's not needed either.

"He who loves his stomach does not love his life"- Morris Krok

I don't agree though. It should be, he would loves his taste buds does not love his life. If you eat solely for satisfying your taste buds you are in a lot of trouble. That does not mean that you have to go to the extreme of totally denying yourself.

By the way you are in for an interesting raw food diet testimonial towards the end.

Does raw food diet work for healthy living?

You bet it does. Raw foodist are the healthiest people alive. There are people in remote parts of Pakistan, Russia and in India who completely live off raw food with the inclusion of a little rice every now and then. They are also vegetarians.

In has been found that there was no trace of heart problems, diabetes, hyper tension and cancer among these tribes. These diseases are so prevalent in our society that its almost considered normal nowadays.

Changing to a realistic raw food diet

I call it realistic because it is doable. Frankly its not a raw food diet but just a healthy way eating to incorporate all the benefits of a raw food diet.

Here what a general struggle free diet meal plan would be

  • Start with a "Fruit only" breakfast
  • Have a lunch consisting of vegetarian or non-vegetarian cooked food
  • Make sure you have a plate full of salad consisting of cut raw vegetables & the dressing of your choice
  • Have a similar dinner consisting of lots of fresh raw vegetables along with the cooked food of your choice

Here is the secret,

Make sure you have atleast 50% (if possible hit 70%) of raw vegetables in comparision to your cooked food during every meal.

Here's how people benefit from raw vegetables and fruits

Raw fruits and vegetable are rich in water content, usually 70-90%. I am sure you are aware of the fact that 70% of your body is water. So it makes sense to eat food which is rich in water content.

Most of the cooked food is processed. Even if its fresh, when you fry or grill your vegetables they lose their water content and the enzymes present are all killed.

So the secret is to have 50% cooked food for your taste buds and 50% raw food (made from a choice of raw food vegan recipes). It would be great if you could make it 30% cooked food and 70% raw food with time.

Changing to such a raw food diet would ensure that you stick to eat since you get your daily dose of cooked food (which you crave) along with fresh raw fruits and vegetables.

How does this realistic raw food diet work?

  • Most cooked is useless for your body. Processed foods lack any living ingredient and are devoid of water content. There is no health benefit to be had.
  • Raw vegetables taken with cooked food helps digestion using its high water content. It is easy to digest vegetables in combination with cooked food also, so there is no problem.
  • Having raw vegetables would ensure that you get your mineral, vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids and enzymes in their natural form. It gets absorbed easily due to the high water content.
  • Eating fresh fruits in the morning causes detoxification. The toxin introduced in the body through the consumption of cooked food is made void by the fruits. Eating fruits in the morning also allows the body to have lots of free energy save from digestion, this energy is used for detoxification.
  • The hassle free nature of these diet meal plans ensures that you can have it daily without any special requirement. You can go to any restaurant order from your favourite meat, fish or chicken and have a plate full of vegetable salad with it.

No pain, but with all the benefits of a complete raw food diet.

Raw food diet testimonials

A famous name in blogosphere these days is that of Steve Pavlina. He is a great believer in experimentation with life styles which increase productivity.

Steve went in for a 30 day trial with a complete raw food diet (with no table salt) conducted last year.

He has documents his daily experiences very methodically for the entire 30 days. I think this would be the best testimonial to the things raw food diet can do to you.

Check out the link here

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/02/raw-food-diet/

The daily logs are present in his archives, check out the archive for January 2008.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/archives/

Sticking to a raw food diet is very challenging for people even if they are strong willed. It is not the kind of life style you can adopt without hassles.

If you adapt the life style of 50% raw food to 50% cooked food (if possible 70% raw to 30% cooked) while having a "fruit only" breakfast, the results are stunning. It's the best way to a quick and permanent weight loss.