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How to Enjoy Raw Food Superfoods

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What are raw food superfoods? And how do you enjoy a raw food lifestyle? As raw foods gain press for their health benefits and raw food diets become more popular, many want to enjoy the benefits of natural and organic foods. Here's how to learn about and incorporate raw food superfoods into your diet to build optimal health.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Raw Veggies
  • Juicer
  • Raw Fruit
  • Raw Milk
  • Raw Fish

    Raw Food Superfoods

  1. Step 1

    Add raw food superfoods to each meal as you transition to a more natural raw food lifestyle. Pack these raw foods for snacks when you're on the go. Almost any fresh, organic, vine-ripened vegetable is a great choice. Leafy green vegetables are especially good--try raw baby spinach.

  2. Step 2
    Raw Milk
    Raw Milk

    Drink raw milk-- considered by many as one of the finest raw food superfoods. Ensure that your raw milk is from a clean, local, organic source and drink to your health.

  3. Step 3
    Make Juice
    Make Juice

    Juice raw fruits and vegetables for a raw food superfood infusion each day. Read Dr. Bernard Jensen's books on juicing for ideas.

  4. Step 4
    Tomatoes
    Tomatoes

    Incorporate raw tomatoes -- delicious -- into your daily diet. Vine ripened tomatoes provide an excellent source of vitamins, minerals and health-boosting properties. Slice them and sprinkle with olive oil and sea salt for a tasty side dish. Add to every salad.

  5. Step 5
    Fish Oil
    Fish Oil

    Add supplements to your raw food superfood diet. Start with high vitamin natural cod liver oil, especially those recommended by the Weston A. Price Foundation, as incredibly potent vitamin supplement high in good fatty acids.

  6. Step 6
    Sushi
    Sushi

    Eat well-made sushi and raw meat from trustworthy sources (such as local organic beef, freshly butchered). Raw animal products are included in raw food superfoods because of their nutrient density, protein and fat content.

  7. Step 7

    Eat fresh fruit, such as grapes, blueberries and bananas, to enhance the raw foods superfoods diet your body craves.

Tips & Warnings
  • Remember that a raw food diet is not always vegan -- meats, fresh organic eggs and milk can be raw food superfoods too.
  • Read about juicing therapy and learn to juice fruits and veggies for raw food superdrinks.

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rachelraw said

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on 6/15/2009 Good advice. Green smoothies are key. Thank you!

MotherDove said

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on 4/24/2009 Excellent info on enjoying raw foods. I try to incorporate raw Super foods into my regular cooked food diet. Thanks for the resources, too!

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on 6/19/2008 Sounds very good! Juicing is also beneficial. Thanks for the resources.

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