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How I Cured My Coffee Addiction

I have to admit something. I used to LOVE coffee. I had a cup every single morning after my exercise with a “splash” of half and half and a couple tablespoons of sugar. I could not even imagine starting my day without my little cup of energy.

That was about two years ago. Now, I can’t stand the stuff. The smell alone makes me want to hurl. The fragrance is so strong and bitter. Yuck. I’ll just stick to water, thank you.

So what changed? How was I able to kick my coffee habit over two years ago? Why is just the smell of coffee so aggravating to me now?

Coffee Addiction

When I was much younger, I hated everything about coffee. The aroma, the look of it, the few sips I had tasted. I felt the same way about coffee as a child that I do today.

As I got older, I started having a cup in the morning. I still hated it at first, but it just seemed like something people did. Every adult I knew got up in the morning and fixed themselves a cup of coffee. My Mom drank coffee all throughout the day!

Before I knew it, I was hooked on the stuff. And it only took a few weeks to go from something I despised to something I relied on everyday. If I did not have my coffee, it was very hard for me to stay awake during my first few classes at school. I would usually experience a slight twinge in my forehead as well.

At the time, I thought that this was a sign that coffee was necessary in my diet. When I drank coffee, I felt good. When I stopped drinking it, I felt bad.

The Effects of Coffee

You see, coffee has two effects: a short term effect and a long term effect. The caffeine in coffee is a stimulant and consuming it causes your body to work overtime trying to neutralize it. Your body’s sudden state of frenzy causes you to feel energized and awake for a short period of time. This is the short term effect.

Once these effects have worn off, the body returns (or “comes down”) to its original condition. You now feel sluggish and tired again. This is the long term effect of drinking coffee.

Many people only notice the short term effect. While virtually everyone experiences the “drop off” later in the day (I know I did), they do not associate this with the coffee. In fact, I’m sure many of you attempt to solve the problem by having more coffee!

How to Cure Your Coffee Addiction

The best way to stop drinking coffee is to STOP DRINKING COFFEE! If you continue to drink the stuff, you will continue to be dependent upon it.

Personally, I went completely cold turkey from my one cup a day. I had a couple of slight headaches for a few days, but that was the extent of my detox. After a couple of weeks, I felt much better and no longer longed for coffee. After two short months, I could not imagine drinking coffee at all.

If you drink numerous cups of coffee each day, it might be best to gradually reduce how much you drink. An easy way to do this is to replace each cup with caffeine-free tea. If you choose, you can keep going by replacing the tea with just warm or cold lemon water.

Either way you choose, your goal should be to completely eliminate coffee from your diet. It provides no nutritional value and has no place in a healthy lifestyle.

My hope is that one day coffee drinking will be a thing of the past and people will rely on good ole exercise and nutrition to energize themselves for the day.

A girl can dream, right?

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admin, December 3rd 2009 | Tags: Caffeine, Coffee, Coffee Addiction, Raw Food Diet, Raw Foods, raw vegan
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The Raw Food Rule for Radiant Skin

Even though this simple 2-step routine will go a long way toward clearing up your dry skin, it’s not the best way to ensure a healthy epidermis.

The absolute best thing you can do for your skin actually has nothing to do with soaps, body crèmes, or exfoliants!

Hydration

One of the biggest problems with eating an unhealthy cooked food diet is the simple fact that this diet is extremely dehydrating.

Why? Two reasons:

1. The food is cooked, meaning that much of the water has been drawn out via heating. 2. Most cooked food staples are full of irritating salt, spices, and condiments that draw the water out of your cells.

This is why dieticians, nutritionists, and the like recommend a staggering 8-12 glasses of water per day. This water is needed to counteract the dryness and toxicity inherent in the standard cooked food diet.

But don’t think raw foodists are off the hook! Unfortunately, the mainstream raw food diet doesn’t do much better in terms of hydration and actually makes the same two mistakes present in a cooked food diet:

1. While not cooked, many of the foods consumed are DEHYRATED, and so much of the necessary water is removed. 2. Raw foodists are known for their love of salt, as well as other irritating spices such as garlic and cayenne pepper.

Again, we see the exact same problems associated with cooked food eaters: dry and toxic ingredients.

This is likely the reason so many raw foodists continue to experience acne (as well as other health issues).

If they would just stop consuming all the dry, fatty, irritating foods and start consuming more fresh, water-rich ingredients, I bet they would see a marked improvement in the condition of their skin.

Which segues nicely into my final point…

How to Stay Hydrated

If you really want radiant skin, you need to stay hydrated. And the best way to stay hydrated is NOT to drink gallons of water a day, but to eat a diet of water-rich foods.

And what diet might that be? Why, a low fat raw vegan one, of course! The amount of sweet fruit you will eat on such a diet has *more* than enough water to keep your skin healthy and hydrated.

And the more simply you eat – meaning the less irritating salt and spices you consume – the less toxic ingredients your body will have to dilute by removing precious water from your cells.

Another benefit of simple eating: no water retention! Again, irritating salt and spices have to be diluted, which means that your body actually holds on to the water to keep the salt in solution.

Sounds counterintuitive, right? You are holding onto more water and yet your body is dehydrated.

That’s because the water is no longer in your cells or bloodstream, but in your skin. This is what gives so many salt lovers that “puffy” look.

It’s Not Just About Diet

Instead of ending on that note, I want to quickly add that it isn’t all about diet.

Perhaps you saw this one coming, but it’s so true!

No matter how clean your diet is, your skin (and your health, for that matter) will never be as great as it could be if you do not take other health factors into account.

Factors such as:

- Exercise - Sunshine - Fresh Air - Clean drinking water - Etc.

All of these have a huge effect on the look and feel of your skin.

Healthy skin comes from within!

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admin, December 2nd 2009 | Tags: dehydration, fresh fruit, hydration, raw food, Raw Food Diet, salt, salt retention, skin care
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How to Finally Overcome Binge Eating

This Saturday was a holiday here in the US. It was the 4th of July, full of family, friends, fireworks and (of course) fattening foods.

If I had to guess, I’d say that the vast majority of you did not maintain your raw food diet.

Sorry if I seem too harsh. But let’s face it, making *any* dietary changes is tough work! This is especially true for those of us known to binge eat.

While I no longer struggle with binge eating or cravings, I know how physically *and* mentally draining it can be. I also know what it takes to defeat these cravings for good.

On that note, here are the 3 most important steps you can take to combat your cooked food cravings and finally overcome binge eating.

#1: Don’t Beat Yourself Up

You have to put this little side-step, or any dieting “faux-paus,” in perspective. Just because you ate some food you have placed on your naughty list does not mean it’s the end of the world. It’s just food!

Think about it this way. You maintain a healthy raw vegan diet for 2 weeks straight…tons of fruit, nutritious veggies, limited fats, etc. Then, you attend a cookout for Independence Day. You are determined *not* to eat anything cooked. But, oh man, that cornbread looks sooooo good. You decide just a little nibble won’t kill you. A nibble becomes a mouthful, a mouthful becomes 3 face-fulls, etc.

Before you know it, you feel uncomfortably stuffed, piss offed, and guilty.

And all of this in the span of just a few minutes. Compare those minutes to the entire 2 weeks you stayed raw and healthy. Not much of a comparison, huh?

Always put things into perspective. Recognize your decision (you choose to overeat, it does not happen to you) for what it was, learn from it, and move on.

#2: Be Firm In Your Decisions

While it’s important to be easy on yourself when you stray from your diet, it’s also important to be firm in your decision to go raw to prevent further binges. You have to understand exactly why you are refraining from certain foods and be completely confident in your reasons.

Doing this from the get go will make it much more difficult to justify eating those forbidden foods.

An excellent way to facilitate this is to make a list of your raw reasons. Include only the reasons that are actually important to you, not ones that you think should be important.

If the *only* reason you want to go raw is to lose weight, that’s okay! That can be your one solid reason. Try to keep that reason in your mind at all times. Write it out on post it notes. Laminate it and paste it to your fridge.

Just make it real and unforgettable.

If someone asks you your reasons for going raw, you should practically scream at them, “I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT!” without even thinking about it. It should be that solid in your mind.

#3: Analyze Your Cravings to Cooked Foods

It’s always important to understand why we long for “naughty” foods in the first place. To do this, you first must identify what type of craving you are experiencing:

*Physical Cravings*

Physical cravings are simply due to physical hunger. You are not getting enough calories from raw foods and so you are hungry. This puts you in a compromised position, especially when you are surrounded by all of your old cooked food favorites at family functions. Being hungry makes it very easy to justify eating these foods.

Luckily, erradicating physical cravings is very easy to do. Just eat more food! Simply add a couple more pieces of fruit to your fruit meals. You will know that you have eaten enough when you are satiated for 3-5 hours are eating and no longer crave other foods.

*Emotional Cravings*

Emotional cravings are a whole different monster because, well…they’re emotional! You binge because of your feelings, not because of any physical hunger.

I know this type of craving all too well. There were times in which I was absolutely *stuffed* on sweet raw fruit, and yet I found myself in the pantry claiming any foods that I could get my hands on.

For me, overeating was usually a result of boredom. Each time I found myself with nothing to do, I would immediately think of food.

When I *finally* figured this out, I was able to gain control of and even destroy my cravings. I knew what would happen if I let myself become bored and restless and so I was able to keep myself from reaching this state in the first place.

Not only did I eradicate my cravings, but I became much more productive as well!

It’s a Process

To get started, I recommend you write down your raw reasons. It only takes a few minutes. Go ahead, get started!

Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

From there, you can begin thinking about any emotional ties you may have to foods. Maybe you eat when you are sad, or angry, or just bored like me! Maybe you only eat when you are in the company of a certain person.

To help facilitate this analysis, I highly recommend you check out the Shrink Yourself Program by Dr. Roger Gould. The free session alone is enough to help you grasp your reasons for overeating.

Whatever you do, realize that overcoming binge eating is a progression. It will not happen overnight. If you find your current dietary guidelines too strict for you mentally, feel free to scale back a bit and work from there. The journey is just as important as the destination.

That’s why I offer The Fool Proof Transition to Raw when you sign up to my newsletter. If you have not subscribed, this is a free 5-week course that allows you to gradually make your way toward a 100% raw diet. I’ve found this to be much easier on the body, as well as the psyche, than going 100% raw right from the get-go.

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admin, November 26th 2009 | Tags: Binge Eating, Cravings, Emotional Eating, Raw Food Diet, Raw Foods, raw vegan
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#1 Rule For Healthy Raw Food Weight Loss

It’s no secret that many people, raw foodists or not, struggle with releasing unwanted weight. Often times this inability to lose weight stems from seemingly uncontrollable cravings for unhealthy cooked foods. These cravings often lead to binge eating, which (of course) leads to weight gain.

There is a good chance that you struggle with this problem as well. Sure, you might stick to a raw food diet for maybe a week or so, but those killer cravings always seem to rear their ugly heads again.

Once they’re back, it’s all you think about and before you know it, you’re parked at the nearest fast-food joint chowing down on the fattiest, most unhealthy food you can get your hands on. You spend the rest of the day feeling guilty and dreading your next visit with Mr. Scale. And the cycle continues…

What to do? Is there anyway to end this madness? Don’t you wish that there was one easy and effective way to finally lose weight? Well, to day is your lucky day! Here is the #1 rule for healthy raw food weight loss:

Eat More Food!

Sounds crazy, right? To tackle the weight loss issue, we have to get to the root of the problem: cravings. Many of these cravings can be avoided by simply eating more! We are so often told to eat less and less and less for weight loss. This is not the answer. Eating less food than your body needs means receiving less volume and fewer nutrients than you require.

If you allow yourself to eat as much food as you want, I promise you will see a significant reduction in cooked food cravings. Of course, you can’t just eat *any* foods. You want a raw diet comprised of mostly raw sweet fruits, 1-2 pounds of non-sweet fruits and tender greens, and limited amounts of fatty foods (i.e. half an avocado or 1-2 ounces of nuts per day).

You also want to be sure and eradicate (or at least limit) food such as salt, onion, garlic, and pepper from your diet. These foods are irritating to the body and they can and will lead to water retention.

How This Rule Helped Me

As wary as I am to admit it, I used to binge eat. Not only was this physically and mentally damaging, it prevented me from staying at my ideal weight for very long. Luckily, this never became a daily practice for me, but it was a nasty frequent habit nonetheless and one that became harder and harder to stop.

It was not until I learned the value of eating as much raw foods as I wanted and actually implemented this in my life that I no longer felt the urge to binge on unhealthy foods.

There were many days in which I actually ate 3000 calories worth of raw foods…well over my caloric needs for the day. And yet, I still lost weight! That’s the beauty of a low fat, high fruit raw food diet. You really can eat pounds of food a day and experience vibrant health.

What other diet can promise that?

Moral of the Story

Eat more raw foods! I don’t care if you just had a huge meal of 20 bananas! If you feel cravings coming on, go grab an apple or some grapes or pineapple, etc. And don’t cause yourself unnecessary stress by worrying over how much you are eating. Your appetite will gradually lessen as your taste buds and tummy become accustomed to simpler foods. You won’t have to eat quite as much to feel satisfied.

Today, I honestly can’t even imagine eating those unhealthy foods that I used to binge on. My belly is far too full on delicious sweet fruits!

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admin, November 25th 2009 | Tags: Cravings, Lose Weight, Raw Food Diet, raw foodists, Raw Foods, raw vegan, Weight Loss
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Is Your Kitchen Conducive to Healthy Eating?

If you were to walk into your kitchen right now, what would be the first thing that you saw? How about if you opened your fridge? And your pantry?

If your answer to these questions is not “raw fruits and veggies,” you might want to make a few changes.

Having your kitchen set up so that it is conducive to healthy eating can make all the difference in your raw success.

A kitchen that screams “HEALTHY LIVING WITH HEALTHY EATING, THIS WAY” is much more motivating and encouraging than one that says “COME ON DOWN FOR ALL THE JUNK FOOD YOU CAN EAT.”

Here are a few tips to help you easily and painlessly “fruit-ify” your kitchen.

#1: Make Beautiful Produce the Focal Point

Making your kitchen a haven for heavenly fruits and vegetables is a great way to help you stay raw.

One way to do this is to have a large fruit bowl (or 2) on your counter that is constantly stocked with fresh, inviting fruits and vegetables.

Another way is simply to clean and rearrange your fridge and pantry so that your raw food is bright and appealing.

*But the rest of my family eats cooked junk!*

Even if you live with others who eat cooked, you can still make positive changes.

For instance, my family does not eat a raw food diet. Instead of putting my food in the pantry, surrounded by lots of processed foods, I created my own little raw setup. I even had my Dad put up some shelves for me to put my fruit on!

You could also just make a designated part of your fridge and/or pantry “raw food only” areas.

#2: Have your favorite fruits of the season on hand at all time

This is a *must*, especially if you are new to a raw diet. Having fresh, delicious fruits in the house that you love to eat will make going raw *so* much easier for you.

You really will have no excuse to take “just one bite” of cake or “just one nibble” of pasta when you have so much beautiful fruit lying around.

#3: Post motivational material on your fridge

This is a super easy tip that can make a world of difference. All you have to do is go online, use your favorite search engine to find beautiful images of fruits and vegetables, and print them out to put up somewhere in your kitchen.

Encouraging quotes or phrases are excellent for this as well.

If you fancy yourself the artsy type, get creative! Create your own motivational poster and display it proudly. You can even go crazy and laminate it if you like!

So there you have it. Three easy tips you can use to make your kitchen conducive to healthy eating.

Got some tips of your own? Is your kitchen a fun, fruity paradise or a crusty, cooked food kingdom? Leave a comment below!

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admin, November 24th 2009 | Tags: Go Raw, Healthy Eating, Raw Food Diet, Raw Foods, raw vegan
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Beware the Dreaded Diet Detox!

Many people just learning about raw foods are completely turned off by one little word: detox.

They’ve read all the awesome testimonials from raw foodists, they’ve scoured for all the latest raw food research, and they know all about raw’s physical and mental benefits.

Then they also learn about this crazy detox process that lasts for years and makes your feet fall off and your eyeballs grow whiskers!

The decision to stay cooked and keep their feet and eyeballs whisker-free becomes a pretty easy one.

So what is this “dreaded diet detox” everyone is so consumed with?

What is Detox?

I like to think of detoxification in two different ways:

1. Traditional Detox 2. Withdrawal Detox

Traditional Detoxification, or “detox,” is simply the body’s method of neutralizing or removing toxic substances (those created naturally via our normal bodily functions or those consumed, inhaled, or absorbed by us on a constant basis).

This is done primarily by way of the liver, kidneys, and – if the first two organs are overloaded – the skin. You’ll know your body is working overtime when you achieve that “awe-inspiring” armpit aroma after a sweaty workout!

So in this sense, detox is an on-going process. Your body is constantly detoxifying every single moment of your life.

Withdrawal Detox, on the other hand, refers to the symptoms you experience when you reduce the level of toxins in the body. This could come from adopting a healthier diet, beginning an exercise routine, or removing a known air pollutant.

The reason you feel cruddy when you give up your favorite cooked eatables in favor of simpler, whole ingredients is because you have reduced the toxic level in your body.

Your organs have become used to a certain level of toxicity and once that level is reduced, they finally have a chance to do their job and release the waste that has built up in your fatty tissues as quickly as possible…which means temporary yucky, but necessary side effects for you.

And the more toxic substance you eliminate, the harsher the effects will be.

Oh, what fun!

This is actually no different than the uncomfortable – and often painful – symptoms a drug or alcohol abuser experiences when going “cold turkey.”

Fortunately for us, the length and symptoms of detox from cooked foods are typically much shorter and much less severe.

How Long Should Detox Last?

Well…until you’re dead!

Oh, you meant detox in the withdrawal sense…my bad.

Contrary to what many mainstream raw foodists will have you believe, withdrawal detox should not last years and years, months and months, or even weeks and weeks.

Withdrawal from cooked foods will typically only last a few weeks *at most*. The norm is closer to just a few days.

In fact, if you *do* experience negative symptoms for weeks and weeks without any improvement, it’s safe to say that either:

a) you are not doing it right (i.e. not enough calories, improperly ripened fruits, improper food combining) OR b) the diet is NOT working and you should try something new!

And remember, diet isn’t everything!

If you are following a healthy raw food diet absolutely perfectly and yet you are still experiencing negative health effects, your diet is probably not the issue and you should certainly look into other health issues (i.e. exercise, fresh, air, clean water, sunshine, etc.)

You are only as healthy as your weakest link.

What Should I Expect During Detox?

While there are cases of more severe symptoms – usually experienced by people with some form of chronic disease – detox is typically very mild.

Here are the usual suspects:

These will typically last for a few days to a week. The worse off your health is before making the transition, the more symptoms you will likely experience and the longer they will last.

For instance, if you regularly drink coffee or alcohol and decide to give them up, you can definitely expect some headaches and jitters for the first few days.

As I said, some people do experience more severe and long-lasting cases, such as hair loss, faintness, or acne, but this should not be expected in most cases.

Why All the Big Fuss About Detoxification?

My personal theory?

Raw foodists are big drama queens.

In all seriousness, going raw is not all lollipops and fairy floss. This is especially true in the beginning when you are doing your best to figure out how to maintain such a “kooky” diet in the modern world, while at the same time battling low energy and digestive troubles.

It’s no fun, but it could certainly be worse. Just look at drug addicts who go cold turkey.

We’re talkin’ days and days (sometimes weeks, depending upon the drug of choice) of seriously scary symptoms like tremors, sweats, chills, depression, paranoia, and even seizures…and that’s WITH medical care!

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never met anyone needing hospital attention from a few healthy raw, fruit-filled meals.

So stop being a drama queen, go raw, be fit and embrace your detox! That slight headache and minor mucus expulsion is just your body’s way of thanking you for finally allowing it to get rid of all the nasty gunk and be the best body it can be.

Plus, it has got to “repay” you for all the toxic overload somehow, right?

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admin, November 24th 2009 | Tags: Detox, detox diet, detox symptoms, Detoxification, raw food detox, Raw Food Diet, raw foodists, Raw Foods, raw vegan
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Vitamin D and the Raw Vegan Diet: Part I

Are you concerned about your vitamin D intake?

Besides protein and vitamin B12, vitamin D deficiency is one of the biggest reasons people have reservations about going and/or staying raw (or vegan, for that matter).

This becomes especially true around this time of year, when the sun is waning and the cold temps are movin’ on in.

There’s no question that vitamin D is essential to human health. Vitamin D is necessary for the proper absorption of both calcium and phosphorus. I’m sure you have seen images of the disfiguring effects of rickets, a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D in the body.

Did you know that vitamin D is also necessary to process vitamin C and deficiency is implicated in the cause of 17 varieties of cancer?

Sometimes the fact that so many people (cooked and raw foodists alike) dwell on vitamin D when it is SO easy (and so free) to obtain really boggles my mind.

Then I remember all the COMPLETELY WRONG and often COMPLETELY BIASED information that we are all indoctrinated with from a young age regarding the source of this vital vitamin.

It’s time to debunk all the bull, don’t you think?

Where Does Vitamin D Come from?

Few will argue that vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is necessary for healthy teeth and bones.

However, there has been quite some debate about how exactly to achieve proper levels of vitamin D.

According to traditional medicine, the only way we can get enough vitamin D is by consuming fortified milk, eating various species of fish, or by some form of supplementation.

Hmmm…I wonder what Dr. Colin Campbell, author of the renowned nutritional study The China Study, has to say about that?

Although some of the vitamin D present in our bodies may come from food, we can usually get all that we need from a few hours of sunshine each week. In fact, it is our ability to make our vitamin D that leads to the idea that it is not a vitamin; it is a hormone (i.e., made in one part of our body but functioning in another part).

The sun’s UV rays make vitamin D from a precursor chemical located in our skin. Provided we get adequate sunshine, this is all the vitamin D we need.

And John Jacob Cannell, MD from Vitamin D council, is there anything that you would like to add?

Remember, our ancestors lived naked in the sun for several million years. Then 50,000 years ago, some of us migrated north and south to places with less sun. Then we put on clothes, started working inside and living in cities where buildings blocked the sun. Then we started traveling in cars instead of walking, or riding horses, and glass blocked even more of the UVB in the sunlight. Then, only a few years ago, we started actively avoiding the sun and putting on sunblock. All this time we humans have been steadily reducing the tissue levels of the most potent steroid hormone in our bodies, one with powerful anti-cancer properties.

The really significant reductions in sunlight exposure have occurred since the industrial revolution, just the time the “diseases of civilization” like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer seem to have greatly increased. Pretty frightening when you think about it.

Even Dr. Joel Fuhrman, who advocates supplementation in his book Eat To Live, has this to say:

Most of us work indoors and avoid the sun or wear sunscreen, which lowers our vitamin D exposure.

In other words, vitamin D does not come from packaged breakfast cereals or rancid fish oils. It comes from good ole’ Mr. Sun.

How Much Sunshine?

The US RDA for vitamin D is 400 IU (international units) for an adult.

Dr. Mercola recommends that each person should get about 5,000 units of vitamin D everyday.

Sounds like a lot, right?

Not really, especially when you consider that only 15-30 minutes of full exposure (or as close to full as you can get) produces about 10,000 IU vitamin D!

What About Sunscreen?

Ah, sunscreen. That fruity, vanilla-y smelling goop that reminds us of beaches, bikinis, and family BBQs.

Snap out of it!

Not only are most sunscreens full of toxic ingredients, but putting them on your skin actually blocks the absorption of UVB rays, which is what we need to make vitamin D.

A healthy (and free) alternative? Shade.

If you feel yourself becoming uncomfortably warm in the sunshine, find yourself a nice shady spot, put on some breathable fabric, wear a hat, etc.

Simple, yet solid advice.

P.S. Be sure to check out “Vitamin D and the Raw Vegan Diet: Part II” for more information on the TRUTH about vitamin D.

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admin, November 19th 2009 | Tags: Raw Food Diet, raw foodists, raw vegan, sunscreen toxic, sunshine, vitamin d, vitamin d deficiency
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Eating Raw Foods to Avoid Health Problems

Eating raw foods is becoming more and more acceptable means to a healthy lifestyle. By eating raw foods you can avoid almost every common health problem that exists today ranging from constipation and gastritis to heartburn and asthma. Raw foods are also by far the best and most affective anti-carcinogens there are. With so much to gain it will be very unwise to ignore them.

Most people take in some quantity of raw vegan foods generally in the form of salads along with their regular cooked food diet; however most people also do not realize that should they increase their intake of raw foods they will benefit a great deal more. Raw foods are also the best source of dietary fiber which is simply too important to maintain a healthy digestive system. This can also explain why people who live entirely on cooked foods have so many stomach related problems.

Many people are given to the mistaken conception that raw vegan foods are expensive, time and effort intensive preparations. Nothing can be farther from the truth. When eating raw vegetarian foods, first of all you are not even cooking, so there is no way it can be so much effort. Secondly although most ingredients are easily available it is wise to go in for the “organic” foods or foods which are grown without the use of pesticides and insecticides. These can be a little pricier than the regularly available foods at your local super markets but eating them can save you on a lot in medical bills later.

Eating raw vegan foods can be a life changing decision that once implemented will affect you for the better. You can try out raw recipes and experience these wonderful delicacies yourself.

Raw food has remained way too underrated however eating raw vegan food is becoming more and more popular these days as it is the most healthiest choice of foods available. try some recipes and see the difference it makes!

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admin, November 17th 2009 | Tags: avoid health problems, common health problem, eating raw foods, Raw Food Diet, Raw Foods
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Raw Food Diet Plan – What Kind of a Diet Plan You Should Have When Starting Out With Raw Food

When starting out with raw food, a diet plan is immensely important as that helps you stay on course and makes sure that you have the least withdrawal symptoms. Initially if you are totally into cooked food then it will be wise to have a raw food diet plan which has 50% raw vegan food while having the remaining 50% as cooked food. This is just an estimate and you should figure out the ratio which you are most comfortable with as initially your job is solely to get acclimatized to the new raw vegan food diet plan.

At this stage it will also be wise to invest in some raw, vegan food cookbooks as those will give you a whole lot of recipes to play with. And playing is exactly where the fun is! When you start on a raw food diet plan there is just so many new things that you can try. In a raw food diet plan you can start with making delicious desserts, hemp dishes, raw soups, entrees, snacks etc. Also as time goes by you will learn which recipes and what kind of a raw food diet is best for you and stick with that.

People who are already living on a diet of this kind food cant stop raving about its benefits. Raw diet is rich in everything your body will ever require from dietary fiber (**extremely important** for a good digestive system) to vitamins, minerals, proteins.

You can try some raw recipes and see what works for you and what you personally like. Who knows this just might be all that goodness that you were looking for…

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admin, November 14th 2009 | Tags: diet plan, eating raw food, Raw Food Diet, raw food diet plan
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Raw Food Cookbook For a Healthy Living

A raw cookbook can be your best guide to making healthy vegan food quickly. When it comes to living on vegan food it will be wise to take it slow and easy while you see what works and what does not work in your case. A raw food cookbook can be your guide into helping you understand how to make such food but also just how rewarding it is to live on it. For the uninitiated, a vegan diet is completely comprised of food that is not cooked so that its original nutrients and nourishment is maintained. You should also know the difference between vegetarian food and vegan food; the former is a diet and allows for animal based food products such as milk and honey, however the latter is a way of life and does not allow any animal based foods. A raw food cookbook will have a lot of such recipes which will not be required to be cooked. There are many raw food cookbooks that can help you understand how to cook vegan food. Many of these are downloadable so you do not have to wait for days to get your copy. These raw food cookbooks will comprise of recipes in entrees, raw desserts, raw salads, raw soups, hemp recipes, raw snacks, to name a few. People are always skeptical when it comes to switching over their entire diet plan, but those who even try some raw recipes just refuse to go back! Yes vegan food takes some getting used to but after your body has acclimatized to the new diet, you will feel younger healthier and far more vibrant. Even doctors and fitness experts always emphasize eating more raw vegan foods, so why shouldn’t you? Try out a few recipes from a raw food cookbook and see the difference it creates.

For the uninitiated, a vegan diet is completely comprised of food that is not cooked so that its original nutrients and nourishment is maintained. You should also know the difference between vegetarian food and vegan food; the former is a diet and allows for animal based food products such as milk and honey, however the latter is a way of life and does not allow any animal based foods. A raw food cookbook will have a lot of such recipes which will not be required to be cooked.

There are many raw food cookbooks that can help you understand how to cook vegan food. Many of these are downloadable so you do not have to wait for days to get your copy. These raw food cookbooks will comprise of recipes in entrees, raw desserts, raw salads, raw soups, hemp recipes, raw snacks, to name a few.

People are always skeptical when it comes to switching over their entire diet plan, but those who even try some raw recipes just refuse to go back! Yes vegan food takes some getting used to but after your body has acclimatized to the new diet, you will feel younger healthier and far more vibrant. Even doctors and fitness experts always emphasize eating more raw vegan foods, so why shouldn’t you? Try out a few recipes from a raw food cookbook and see the difference it creates.

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admin, November 12th 2009 | Tags: food cookbooks, make raw food, raw food, raw food cookbook, Raw Food Diet, raw food raw food
Posted in Raw Food Recipes