Raw Food Diet Plan
If you like the idea of eating raw,
you need a great raw food diet plan to start. A balanced diet plan is at least
75% raw. A great plan is healthy and will help you both to succeed on and enjoy
raw food.
The
Best Raw Food Diet Plan
But most of all, the best diet plan
is the plan, you're most likely to follow. If that means you'll only succeed on
a raw food diet
if you add animal foods, your daily cup of coffee or non organic
food, you should keep eating them. If you can go cold turkey, 100% raw
fantastic, but realize that very few people can make such change overnight.....
In
addition, the best raw food diet plan is:
FUN - The plan must be fun! Full of
recipes you love.
EASY - The plan must be easy and realistic to follow.
BALANCED - The plan should have the right balance of protein, good fats and carbs.
EASY - The plan must be easy and realistic to follow.
BALANCED - The plan should have the right balance of protein, good fats and carbs.
Fun
You must have fun on this diet in
order to succeed. Fun foods may be raw versions of the foods you like already.
Such as guacamole, pesto, salsa, ice creams, chocolate
cakes, hot chocolate, sashimi, raw cheese, raw vegan nut
cheese, you're favorite salad, raw granola.
Other great fun foods you may like
are super foods like goji berries, raw chocolate, raw honey, maca, young
coconuts etc. In the recipe section of this website I'll add these recipes for
you to try.
Easy
It's probably best not to start out
with complicated recipes that require dehydration, sprouting or other raw
techniques that you don't know yet or don't have the tools for. They may take
long in the beginning and might frustrate you. Smoothies with super foods,
juices and raw versions of foods you already know and like are easiest. This
increases your chances of success on the raw food diet plan.
Balanced
You're best raw food diet plan is
one that is balanced. It should have carbohydrates, fats and protein, as well
as other important nutrients.
Raw
Food Nutrients
Where does a raw foodist get his
protein, carbs and fats and how much of each should you eat? Below I'll
describe the raw food sources of these important food elements.
Carbohydrates
The main source of carbohydrates are
fuits . starches (carrots) and grains.
Protein
The main source of protein are
germinated nuts (almonds are best), seeds, grains and green leafy vegetables. I
highly recommend hemp seed as an excellent source of protein. Also make sure
you germinate your seeds and nuts, otherwise you're unlikely to absorb the
protein.
How do you germinate the seeds and
nuts? Just before you go to bed, you put the seeds or nuts in a cup and add
purified water. The next morning they're ready to eat. (Hemp seeds are the only
seeds you don't have to germinate).
Fats
The main source of fats are again
nuts and seeds, as well as avocado and coconut butter.
Nutrients
Off course it is important to eat
nutrient dense foods. Raw green leafy vegetables and super foods are about the
most nutrient dens foods (meaning that they have the most nutrients per
calorie). So make sure you"ll get enough of these. The easiest way to eat
greens is to juice or blend them and mix them with fruits (like apples or
bananas) or herbs (like parsley).
Raw
Food Diet Menu
Now you can put your menu together.
Here's an example of an simple raw food diet plan:
Breakfast
Fresh fruit, coconut water or green juice,
oatmeal.
Lunch
Super foods
smoothie, cucumber
sandwich or coleslaw.
Dinner
Drinks
Pure water, fresh
vegetable juice, smoothies,
coconut water, nut milk.
Or go to the raw food
recipe index for more raw recipes.
Personalized
Diet
The best diet plan is a personalized
diet plan. Should you eat mostly carbs, protein or fats? This depends on your
constitution and might take some time to figure out. If you have diabetes,
cancer
or candida you shouldn't eat high sugar fruit
or starches and best avoid animal fats.
You can use Fitday.com to find out
how balanced your diet plan is.
Raw
Food for Weight Loss
Weight loss
is almost certain on this diet: the live food is high in water,
fiber and nutrition thus you won't get hungry quickly. Actually, it's hard not to
lose weight. In addition, you'll eat more alkaline foods which also aid in
weight loss. On average an overweight person will loose about 2 pounds a week.
Vegan
Even if you're a vegan, you don't
have to worry about protein
because you'll get plenty from the greens, nuts and seeds. See my Nutrition
Chart for more details.
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