Your Raw Food Diet Journey
Have you every felt that you were being scrutinized for your eating habits by the media and advertising on what you should or should not be eating? The decisions on what we eat are mostly unhealthy but our minds tells us that it tastes wonderful which makes it's hard to crack the habit. What then happens all to often is our health takes a nosedive as we are not willing or able to adjust our diet and exercise.
Just like physical fitness, our own emotions play an integral part of our nutrition and well being. We've probably all had the experience of receiving some bad news or been on an emotional roller coaster and suddenly losing your appetite. This clearly shows that our emotions are an vital part of how your body addresses and processes food. It's a very important part of your health.
Even if you're a veteran raw-foodist, hopefully you will find some key thoughts in this article that will help you refine your diet and improve your overall health program. Here are some things to consider
1. Foods you feel you "MUST" have
Craving foods that are processed and cooked is a normal experience as you move towards a raw food diet. The cravings, while perfectly normal, seem to never go away
The cravings we feel are deeply rooted in our emotional and nutritional needs and reactions.
Continuing to have cravings for cooked processed foods because of the failure to adhere to a regular habit of eating your vegetables and fruits makes it easy to pinpoint the nutritional aspects.
The sticky part is being able to eat as much fruit as you need to get your calories while not consuming more fat than you should and consequently consuming enough greens to get your daily intake of minerals.
Eating more than enough fat will also cause your cravings but a "nutritionally sound" approach that's "low fat" is the best remedy against cravings.
There are several sites like www.fitday.com will show you what your daily calorie intake of fruits and veggies should be but remember that an average fit man consumes 2500 to 3000 calories while an average fit woman consumes 1800 to 2500 calories each day.
2. Always Incorporate Fitness into your daily routine
Are you aware that you cannot be healthy without being physically fit? In the past few years we have suffered losses of athletes young and old by way of a heart attack. This stems from being physically fit but unhealthy.
You may think that you are healthy just because you are watching what you eat. You must also include a regimented fat intake and exercise routine in order to truly be healthy.
People who are physically fit not only digest their food better, the whole process of nutrition is dramatically improved with an improved fitness program. This means the food you eat will be assimilated better, you're blood sugar will be more under control, and numerous other health advantages.
Staying or starting a physical fitness program has always been the hardest to maintain. This is usually our weakness but staying on the path and making it a routine will make it easier to achieve your goal.
3. For maximum affect eat your fruit before meals
Most people like fruit don't they? Well how about including it as a before meal snack? This has the effect of making you more full when you eat your regular meal be it lunch or dinner. Don't stuff yourself with fruit though, just enough for a good snack before each meal and you'll find yourself eating less.
When you're making the move to a raw food diet make sure and include fruit at the beginning of every meal like we mentioned earlier. Did you get in trouble when you were a kid for eating fruit before a meal? Now that we're grown up we need to change our eating habits by satisfying our sweet tooth's with fruit which will curb our craving.
4. Whole grain produce is good to eat
Your focus should be to pursue eating 100% whole grains because our bodies convert the sugar in these rich carbohydrate sources at a slow rate which keeps our bodies energized longer than simple sugars. The fiber contained in these grains will help you to quickly flush and eliminate toxic waste that forms in the body and the grains themselves are loaded with antioxidants much needed by our bodies. This is the type of diet that our ancient ancestors consumed who felt and stayed looking young and working hard long into their senior years. Health food experts around the globe have stated for years the benefits of a diet that is high in whole grains and the ever growing evidence has become overwhelming. Whole grains are the best way to get complex carbohydrates during your daily routine.
You can either take the next 2 to 20 years to get your health in check or you can take a little time and do it in the next 2 months. You can't argue the health benefits of a raw food diet. - 17268
Just like physical fitness, our own emotions play an integral part of our nutrition and well being. We've probably all had the experience of receiving some bad news or been on an emotional roller coaster and suddenly losing your appetite. This clearly shows that our emotions are an vital part of how your body addresses and processes food. It's a very important part of your health.
Even if you're a veteran raw-foodist, hopefully you will find some key thoughts in this article that will help you refine your diet and improve your overall health program. Here are some things to consider
1. Foods you feel you "MUST" have
Craving foods that are processed and cooked is a normal experience as you move towards a raw food diet. The cravings, while perfectly normal, seem to never go away
The cravings we feel are deeply rooted in our emotional and nutritional needs and reactions.
Continuing to have cravings for cooked processed foods because of the failure to adhere to a regular habit of eating your vegetables and fruits makes it easy to pinpoint the nutritional aspects.
The sticky part is being able to eat as much fruit as you need to get your calories while not consuming more fat than you should and consequently consuming enough greens to get your daily intake of minerals.
Eating more than enough fat will also cause your cravings but a "nutritionally sound" approach that's "low fat" is the best remedy against cravings.
There are several sites like www.fitday.com will show you what your daily calorie intake of fruits and veggies should be but remember that an average fit man consumes 2500 to 3000 calories while an average fit woman consumes 1800 to 2500 calories each day.
2. Always Incorporate Fitness into your daily routine
Are you aware that you cannot be healthy without being physically fit? In the past few years we have suffered losses of athletes young and old by way of a heart attack. This stems from being physically fit but unhealthy.
You may think that you are healthy just because you are watching what you eat. You must also include a regimented fat intake and exercise routine in order to truly be healthy.
People who are physically fit not only digest their food better, the whole process of nutrition is dramatically improved with an improved fitness program. This means the food you eat will be assimilated better, you're blood sugar will be more under control, and numerous other health advantages.
Staying or starting a physical fitness program has always been the hardest to maintain. This is usually our weakness but staying on the path and making it a routine will make it easier to achieve your goal.
3. For maximum affect eat your fruit before meals
Most people like fruit don't they? Well how about including it as a before meal snack? This has the effect of making you more full when you eat your regular meal be it lunch or dinner. Don't stuff yourself with fruit though, just enough for a good snack before each meal and you'll find yourself eating less.
When you're making the move to a raw food diet make sure and include fruit at the beginning of every meal like we mentioned earlier. Did you get in trouble when you were a kid for eating fruit before a meal? Now that we're grown up we need to change our eating habits by satisfying our sweet tooth's with fruit which will curb our craving.
4. Whole grain produce is good to eat
Your focus should be to pursue eating 100% whole grains because our bodies convert the sugar in these rich carbohydrate sources at a slow rate which keeps our bodies energized longer than simple sugars. The fiber contained in these grains will help you to quickly flush and eliminate toxic waste that forms in the body and the grains themselves are loaded with antioxidants much needed by our bodies. This is the type of diet that our ancient ancestors consumed who felt and stayed looking young and working hard long into their senior years. Health food experts around the globe have stated for years the benefits of a diet that is high in whole grains and the ever growing evidence has become overwhelming. Whole grains are the best way to get complex carbohydrates during your daily routine.
You can either take the next 2 to 20 years to get your health in check or you can take a little time and do it in the next 2 months. You can't argue the health benefits of a raw food diet. - 17268
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