Weight Loss and Better Health through Raw Foods

Not too long ago, our ancestors' diet consisted mostly of raw foods including fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds and grains, dried fruit and juices, rolled or flaked grains, together with a few herbs and spices.

When times were abundant, animals and fish were also included in their diet, but the average diet was composed mainly of fruits and vegetables. The men and women were fit, and everyone had a variety of daily physical activities like walking and running.

Everything was going smoothly until somebody discovered fire, and this started the downward spiral that eventually led us to today's 'processed foods'.

In just three generations, our society has taken a comparatively healthy diet and while attempting to make it look more appealing, we've gotten off course, way off course.

Today's highly processed foods are certainly more attractive and thus more marketable, so it's a sure bet that it looks really good on the shelf. In addition to making it look so appetizing, we've added countless chemicals pushing preservation to the very edge, where shelf life is virtually unlimited.

The distressing news is that these overly processed foods have no real nutritional value anymore, and fiber has been all but forgotten.

Ketchup and French fries are the two most commonly consumed vegetables, this at a time when we need nutrition to battle diseases like arthritis, attention deficit disorder, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes and cancer.

In addition, high levels of stress, deskbound jobs, and poor air and water quality is a common occurrence. This leads to an obese, malnourished, infertile yet angry and violent society, which is what we have today.

Can it be possible that raw food is the solution to our every increasing social problems?

Let's see. The recommended daily servings are two to three fruits and three to five vegetables.

People often interpret it as five servings of fruit and vegetables when the ideal should be a maximum of eight servings.

That means a daily consumption of eight servings of nutritionally dense foods that are intended to satisfy you so you will feel full and eat less.

Additionally, weight loss is almost a certainty when you shift your focus from processed foods to fresh fruits and raw vegetables.

Because calorie and carbohydrate intake are substantially reduced when concentrating on raw foods, it's hard to overeat on such a diet. An added benefit to the high water and fiber content of such a diet will be realized in a feeling of fullness, a healthier digestive system, and a detoxified body with increased anti-aging properties.

This shift towards raw food should be done gradually, as a drastic shift can shock your body. You should slowly increase your intake of raw food over several days while at the same time decreasing your intake of processed foods.

You will find yourself spending less time in the kitchen preparing foods and more time enjoying them.

It's quite possible that you might find yourself strolling through the produce department a bit more frequently however, as raw foods do not have the vast quantities of preservatives (yes, that's the chemicals) so freshness must be controlled by buying only the items that you expect to consume in a short period of time.

A lot of meal plans intended to contain raw foods in your daily life can be found online, and when integrated with the health improving elements of Weight Loss Breeze, you can be assured of a healthier, slimmer and revitalized YOU!