How to Lose Weight on the Raw Diet

The Raw Diet is a diet that works exactly the way that it sounds. You consume uncooked food to lose weight and achieve optimal health. The idea is that the food should still be living when consumed and it will then provide the dieter with more energy and a healthier core.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Eat a variety of raw foods. Raw foods consist of uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouted grains. There are also certain spices and seasonings that fall into the raw category.

2. Dehydrate fruits and vegetables. You can warm foods to temperatures no hotter than 115 degrees F with a dehydrator. Once foods exceed this temperature, all enzymes in the food are destroyed.

3. Start the day with fruit and vegetable juices or make a smoothie. This gives you energy and still adheres to the raw food diet.

4. Follow Raw Diet recipes for lunch and dinner. Purchase a raw food cookbook to find different entrees that you can make for more substantial meals. Examples include fettuccine alfredo, raw burgers, and banana nut sandwiches. Living on Live Food is a helpful book that provides recipes and guidelines for the Raw Diet.

5. Eat as much as you want. Due to the healthy nature of the foods that you consume, you do not need to limit your portions.

Tips & Warnings

• You should gradually begin the Raw Diet since it requires a significant lifestyle change. Slowly eliminate cooked foods from your diet.
• Watch for nutritional deficiencies, such as low iron and calcium deficiency. You may need to find a way to supplement these items while following the Raw Diet.

Resources

• Use Amazon.com to find cookbooks for Raw Diet recipes.

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[algoar]

on 10/15/2007 hi
in step two u say enzymes are destroyed?
what has that to do with weight loss?
they are destroyed in the stomach in all cases raw or not.
how does one get b12 from raw food?
thanks

[ashiflett]

on 8/17/2007 Great article!