Can a raw foods diet help with fat loss?

January 14th, 2010 by admin

Welcome back to the raw foods diet blog.

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I thought an inevitable question that would be asked eventually is whether a raw foods diet can assist with fat loss or weight loss. First of all, I am not a doctor or a nutritionist, but I do do a lot of exercise each week. I think the human body responds best to the “fuel” or food that you decide to fuel it with. Choose to fuel it with burgers, fries, cakes, chocolate bars etc most of the time your body will respond. Choose to fuel your body with good food or raw foods and your body will respond. It really is a matter of personal choice as to what you decide to put in your mouth – it is not the marketing companies fault or the supermarkets fault for an individual’s unhealthy diet – it is theirs!

Even if you are not interested in a raw foods diet from a fat loss or weight loss point of view I still think it is worth considering from a raw food detox diet point of view.

When considering a raw foods diet, for whatever health benefits you are seeking, you have two options. You can either go it alone and go to the supermarket and getting raw foods and working out the best combinations etc. (Again, as I mentioned in a previous post I will not eat raw brussel sprouts!). This approach is fine if you have time to experiment to find out what works best for you.

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The other approach is to find someone that already knows how to structure a raw foods diet or a raw food detox diet for maximum effect.  You can relax, it is not me!  It is a guy called Yuri.  Like most things in life I believe you can get to where you want to be quicker if you find and copy, or model, that person. This works for a raw foods diet too!

Yuri has put together a large amount of information on raw foods and how to use it for weight loss and a healthy diet. He used to be a professional soccer player in France and had to do a lot of physical training, and found he was always tired.  He quickly worked out that he was eating food that was not suitable for him and the demands he was making on his body.

Yuri qualified as a holistic nutritionist and quickly found out that many of the things he thought he knew about food and a good diet were totally wrong. He has come up with a great book for a raw foods diet that shows you exactly what you need to do. Yuri even shows you how to make raw chocolate! I like the fact he is not preaching to the reader and does not demand you change your diet 100% – even small changes can have a positive effect. It is really a case of take what works for you from it and put it into practice. It really is a great investment in your health.

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Why consider a raw foods diet?

January 9th, 2010 by admin

Hello and welcome back to my blog on raw foods diet.

I first considered a raw food diet when I went on a Tony Robbins seminar a few years ago. The speaker on stage was talking a lot about making the body alkaline, as almost everything we consume in a western world diet makes it acidic. One solution was to drink a green drink or have a wheatgrass shot. Now, I will admit, when I first tried a wheatgrass shot I found it pretty disgusting and still do – but I did find it gave me a buzz as it is full of good nutrients as a raw food.

A perfectly legitimate question to ask when considering a raw foods diet is why should you work raw foods into what you eat everyday?

Well – in the western world we have been conditioned to cook most foods – and the act of cooking or over cooking can destroy many of the nutrients our bodies need. The opposite is true for raw foods – the nutrients are all there. That said you will never catch me eating raw brussel sprouts, unless that is the only raw food left on the planet!

A raw food detox diet can form part of a very healthy lifestyle and help give you the energy that you need to live in this very busy world. A raw foods diet is pure, natural and enjoyable. The part I think is a challenge is getting the right balance of foods.

More about that in my next post on raw foods diet!

welcome to my blog on raw foods diet

December 29th, 2009 by admin

Hello and welcome to my blog on raw foods diet. Hopefully you have arrived at this blog as you are interested in finding out more about what can be achieved with a raw foods diet.

Raw foods diets are certainly not a new thing or fad – the information has been around for a while but I think with more and more food being heavily processed the amount of nutrition that actually reaches our bodies has decreased significantly.

I decided to start this blog to share opinions and reviews on raw foods diet so hope you find it useful