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Health News – Does the Raw Food Diet Work
By LiteGirl | June 1, 2009
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 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 always loses some of its nutrients when we cook or boil it. 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 also consume natural fruit juices, unpasteurized milk, herbal 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 only do it seriously for a week or 2 then fall back to old eating patterns then you will of course gain the weight all over again.
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 for anyone? Well, it is perhaps not the best diet to do for a long period of time, but if you combine its principles with healthy meats such as turkey and chicken, and eat fish then you can live a healthy balanced life and lose weight while also improving your health and energy levels.
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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