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Why Raw Food?Health, energy, vitality, positive mental attitude, weight loss, and longevity are some of the reasons people choose to eat more raw fruits, nuts, seeds and vegetables than cooked food. A more positive mental attitude was the most surprising result for me. I had a very positive mental attitude to begin with. However, when I began eating more raw fruits and vegetables and then did the Master Cleanse, I discovered that it is man's natural state to have a positive mental attitude. Why don't more people eat a raw food diet? It's difficult to give up cooked food. 12 Steps to Raw Foods below not only gives some great, proven recipes, the author, Victoria Boutenko, gives her 12 step plan to give up cooked food. I highly recommend the book.
Click here to read more about it. As for making it easier to switch to a raw food diet, I recommend doing the Master Cleanse. It's an easier way to move to a raw food diet. Hundreds of people have discovered that eliminating the toxins from unhealthy food additives and the consumption of more food than the body can successfully eliminate, removes the cravings for food that's not good for you.
Most adults are aware of feeling sluggish and tired after eating Thanksgiving Dinner. In our society, too many of our meals create this effect. The tired, sleepy, sluggish feeling is due to the energy the body must redirect to digest and process your meal. Worse yet, this tiredness comes on top of a lack of energy that tends to pervade our lives. Where is the energy that we felt when we were teenagers? Can it be that the tiredness we feel after a heavy meal is just another face of the general lack of energy we live with from middle age onwards? Sadly, most people do not even notice the slow increase in lack of energy, depression, and irritability until they do the Master Cleanse and/or begin to eat nourishing raw fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts and juice. Then, they are uniformly amazed at all the energy they gain. Then there is the problem of weight loss. According to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, "$100 billion is spent annually in the United States for the treatment of [diseases related to overweight] and an almost equal amount is spent yearly on diets and low-calorie foods and drinks, exercise programs and other weight loss treatments which, even if successful, offer only temporary relief.' A serious study of nutrition and diet will show you that fat is the body's defense against toxins. The reason more and more Americans are having trouble being overweight is that Americans are eating more and more cooked, processed, artificially colored and flavored food. These "foods" contain substances that do not nourish your body. They entertain by smelling, looking and tasting good. Unfortunately, they do not build strong, healthy bodies. Does anyone seriously believe that fast food hamburgers, milkshakes, french fries and cookies actually nourish the body? I doubt it — except for the very young, who are growing up with the handicap of no nutritional education. I hope the information on this website and the books above will help you achieve a level of vibrant good health that amazes you and those you live with.
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