Eating raw simply means less cooking. Eating 50 to 75% of your fruit and vegetables in a raw or uncooked form is certainly achievable and will be the short and long term foundation for permanent weight loss. Much of the cooked food we eat is very difficult to digest and unnatural for the body. Man, living in a natural setting would most likely have picked and eaten fruits and vegetables right off the vine. Pots, pans, and fire didn’t exist before the ice age. All fruits, vegetables and nuts can be eaten raw. Eating raw will actually prove to be more convenient, cost effective and metabolically stimulating. On the Fat Cure Diet you will eat raw food at every meal.
Including a large portion of uncooked fruits and vegetables in your diet will help you lose weight. Raw foods are rich in water, which will help you feel full. It is difficult to overeat raw foods. When was the last time you ate 5 apples in one sitting. Raw foods have more active vitamins and minerals so your body will be getting more of the essential nutrients and craving less food.
In our workshops, we have had people lose pounds and pounds in three weeks without calorie counting. Some have even lost up to 37 lbs in 21 days while elevating their overall level of health. All common fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and grains can be eaten raw with the proper preparation. The grains and beans often require some soaking, but everything else can be eaten raw to receive the maximum nutrient value from the food.
Live whole foods are abundant in the life giving enzymes, vitamins and minerals necessary to optimize healing. Every single reaction that occurs in the body requires the presence of an enzyme. These complex proteins build the stage where every bodily function is performed. Without them, the show won’t go on! Research has proven that enzyme deficiencies are the most common factor that contributes to accelerated aging and disease.
When food is cooked to a temperature greater than 117 degrees fahrenheit, 50% of the amino acids, 70% of vitamins and minerals and nearly 100% of enzymes are destroyed. Digesting a plate of food devoid of enzymes becomes a chore. To compensate the body must expend enzymes from its storage banks. Enzymatic bankruptcy is usually followed by a long drooling session in front of the television.
Eating raw food may seem foreign, but with little time you will adjust. Raw foods are filled with water and very high in fiber, nature’s broom. Fiber and water lubricate and sweep the colon clearing the way for better digestion and more efficient assimilation. Eating raw is a natural way to exercise the intestines and loose weight.
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