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Losing weight is a very important thing that many people try to achieve. The problem with most people thought is that they do not do it the right way. The majority of people who are trying to lose weight will try fad diets and weight loss pills in order to lose weight.
Weight loss pills are something that you do not want to take. These pills will make you lose weight in a very unnatural way and this is very dangerous to your health. It is recommended that you do not consume any product that is not recommended by the FDA.
There are a few basic things that you need to do in order to lose weight naturally. The first thing that you need to do is look at your diet. You are going to have to eliminate the majority of junk food items that you eat and start consuming more healthier food.
You are going to want to eat foods from all of the major food groups. Vegetables and fruits are very good for losing weight. Avoid carbs and fats as much as you can because this is what is going to cause you to gain weight from eating.
The best way that you can go about making a diet plan like this is too plan ahead. This way you will be ready and prepared to eat healthier. It will also make sure that you do not give up on your mission to lose weight.
The second thing that you can try doing is exercising. Exercising is great for your body and is also a great way to lose weight. Being active will also make sure feel better because you will have much more energy. If you find yourself sitting in front of the TV all day feeling miserable this is because you are not active enough.
Conventional food is grown using chemical pesticides, herbicides and insecticides. These chemicals are not harmful in
small doses, but many people fear the long term exposure to them may lead to serious diseases.
If you’re like me, you want to buy organic food only when it promotes health. The EWG (Environmental Working Group) has compiled a list of fruits and vegetables that rate highest in pesticides and refer to them as the “Dirty Dozen”. They did research and found out that some crops demand higher doses of pesticides to ward off unwanted pests, while some produce grows just fine without all the added chemicals. Read on to see the complete list of the “Dirty Dozen”.
Organic food is nutritionally superior because natural fertilizers contain a spectrum of nutrients that add to it’s quality. Non-organic food is grown with extra nitrogen which helps it grow big and look good, but it lacks the antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that come with organic fertilizers. Even if you can get over the idea of eating traces of bug killer, it’s still wise to choose organic for the added nutritional benefits. It’s true that produce today contains only a fraction of the nutrients that our grand parents ate. Quality has been sacrificed for looks and durability.
In addition, fruit and vegetable juices are good sources of the traditional nutrients. Citrus fruits (grapefruit, oranges, etc.) provide a healthy portion of vitamin C. Carrot juice contains large quantities of vitamin A, in the form of beta carotene. A number of green juices are a good source of vitamin E. Fruit juices are a good source of essential minerals like iron, copper, potassium, sodium, iodine, and magnesium, which are bound by the plant in a form that is most easily assimilated during digestion.
While fruit and vegetable juices are the most common form of juice, wheatgrass juice has been getting a lot of attention lately because of the denseness of nutrients it contains.
The primary advantage of truly fresh wheatgrass juice – juice made from raw, live, soil-grown wheat grass, is the apparent high level of life force energy that it contains. It is one of the few truly fresh foods available (sprouts are another). The grass is alive and growing right up to the time it is juiced, and hopefully you are drinking it within a few minutes or so of juicing.
Most of us get our green veggies from markets, and they were picked days ago and refrigerated – losing vitality the whole time. (It is an even worse situation for fruit, which may be picked weeks before you eat it, and in some cases, held in cold storage for months – losing vitality the whole time.) In contrast, one can grow wheatgrass indoors, and enjoy it when it is truly fresh.
Raw food diets are based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, preferably organic, such as a variety of fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, seeds, grains, dried fruit, fresh juices and purified water.
Why Uncooked Foods?
Basically a vegetarian diet, the raw food diet encourages eating and drinking ‘living’ foods. Living foods and juices contain the largest amount of fiber found in raw produce, fiber that can be destroyed in processing. Such foods are easily digested and tend to be lower in calories than the average diet.
Heating food above 116°F destroys enzymes in food that aid in digestion and in absorption of food, reducing its nutritional value.
Benefits of a Raw Food Diet
A diet of at least three quarters raw food offers numerous health benefits, such as increased energy, improved skin appearance, better digestion, weight loss and reduced risk of serious illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
A raw food diet contains little or no saturated fats, is low in sodium, high in potassium, magnesium, and fiber.
Raw food diets are also awesome detox diets. Different combinations of raw foods and juices can be used for colon cleansing, liver cleansing, kidney cleansing and skin cleansing.
Raw Food Basics
Any fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds, beans, nuts, legumes, young coconut milk – even seaweed – can be part of a raw food diet. Your choice of foods may depend on your reasons for dieting, for example:
- sprouted brown rice slows sugar absorption and improves the metabolism
- cabbage supports healthy cellular function; radish leaves act as an anti-oxidant,as does Shitake mushrooms