Recent dietary research has uncovered 14 different nutrient-dense foods that time and again promote good overall health. Coined “superfoods,” they tend to have fewer calories, higher levels of vitamins and minerals, and many disease-fighting antioxidants. (Although this includes salmon and trukey, most of these foods would form part of a raw food diet.)
Beans (legumes), [...]
Archive of posts tagged weightloss on a raw food diet
Changing To A Raw Food Diet – You Really Are What You Eat
Basic Weight Loss Arithmetic
How Many Calories Equal One Pound of Fat?
It is common knowledge that losing and gaining fat has something to do with the amount of calories that your body consumes. However, what most people don’t realise is just how many calories really equates to one pound of fat. Once you understand this basic arithmetic of weight [...]
How To Keep Control Of Your Weight During Menopause
Talking to most women over 50 you will quickly find that menopause and weight gain are linked in their experience. It is very common to put on weight at this time and while some of this may be due to lifestyle changes, that does not explain why suddenly we develop a tendency to put on [...]
Why Do We Suffer From Winter Weight Gain?
Winter Weight Gain – Why Does It Happen And What Can We Do?
Winter weight gain is a common complaint of many people. It seems that every winter we add a few pounds, and come summer we don’t lose them all again either. A few of them always stick around, making us a little heavier every [...]
BMI – Is It Really The Best Measure?
BMI (Body Mass Index) has for many many years, been regarded as one of the best tools available to determine whether someone is at a healthy weight or not. However, is it a flawed system? For instance, body fat and lean muscle tissue don’t figure into the equation. This has led many experts to question [...]
How Not To Lose Weight Fast At Home
It seems impossible for people to fail to lose weight fast at home when there is so much information available to them, yet the sad fact is that over 90% of dieters will fail to lose weight, and even if they do lose it they will not be able to maintain their weight loss. Sure, there [...]
Raw Food Diet Skin
How can you get raw food diet skin? Can you really delay aging with a raw food diet? Is this a new craze, you might suppose, to induce us buy more products we do not want? Far from being a fad, the raw food diet is a lifestyle which has existed for thousands of years. [...]
What To Eat On A Raw Food Diet – Water!
Yes, I know water is something you drink, rather than eat, but when considering the question ‘what to eat on a raw food diet’? I felt I had to class water as a food.
Most people know water is essential for life. You could live for a long time without food, but no-one could survive more [...]
What To Eat On A Raw Food Diet – Fruits
Is it any surprise that fruits are one of the group of foods you can eat on a raw food diet? Mother Nature has blessed us with an abundance of these fabulous juicy, tasty, healthy foods that greatly benefit our bodies. Fruits are packed with nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and fiber – everything you [...]
What To Eat On A Raw Food Diet – Grains
In this, the second article in the series – ‘What to eat on a raw food diet,’ today we’ll look at grains (also known as cereals).
Grains have been a staple food for thousands of years. Rice, millet, maize, wheat, barley, oats and rye have kept civilisation going from Asia and Africa, through Europe and into North & [...]
