There is a brand new and exciting diet sweeping across America – well, it is actually now all over the world!
Of course I am talking about “the raw food diet”. People are no longer asking how does the raw food diet work, but simply asking how exactly they can use it too, and what the “rules” are!
The main principle of the diet is pretty simple: you should focus on eating UNCOOKED and nutritious foods. The food we eat loses its nutritional value when we cook them. Simply heating, cooking, and boiling food will lose i a lot of nutritional value. So if you eat everything raw you will get all the nturients and this is much better for you obviously.
The main staples of the diet are fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds. You can drink any natural fruit juice, unpasteurized milk, tea, and of course just water. Alcohol should be avoided as it has a high calorie content.
The diet will work for you, but only if you do itt as a change in lifestyle and keep it for the long term. If you just try it for a couple of weeks and then go back to your old habits then you will put the weight back on.
Its criticisms include such that while the raw food diet may be rich in some nutrients, it has a complete lack of others. For example, if you take it literally and exclude all meats, egg, and fish from your diet then you will be seriously short of calcium, protein, and iron.
So does the raw food diet work? It is maybe not the best diet to use for a long time period on it’s own, but if you combine it with healthy meats like turkey and chicken, then you willlose weight while also improving your general health and energy.
Alternatively if you wish to remain vegetarian then it is important that you take extra vitamins to make up for those lacking in your diet – supplements such as vitamin B12, zinc, chromium, and copper in particular may be required.
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