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The Raw Food Diets

With the increasing awareness amongst people regarding the benefits of raw food, many people are attempting to follow a raw food diet to improve their health.

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However a large number of them are unable to stick to it for long or do not see results relative to amount of difficulty they experience. Either they get bored of eating tasteless raw food and leave this diet in between or in an attempt to make the raw food diet tasty they end up adding too many unwanted ingredients to it.

However with little planning you can get the right mix of taste and health in your raw food diet. Read on to know more.

Three Food Groups

Green Leafy Vegetables
High-fat Plants
Sweet Fruits

Raw foods can be classified into groups; each of these groups contain different elements for nourishing your body. To have a perfect raw food diet you need to analyze and plan your intake of the three above food groups.

Different nutritionists have different opinions on how much percentage of each of these food groups should be included in a raw food diet, but one thing that they all believe is that none of these three food groups should be missing from your daily diet.

The Correct Quantities

Now, let’s talk about the correct quantities of all the three food groups in a raw food diet.

Leafy Green Vegetables
Though many nutritionists believe that at least 30% of our daily calories should come from leafy green vegetables, chances are that in order to do so, you will end up eating lots of salads and will get bored in few days. Try to eat about 500g of green vegetables per day to get sufficient amount of nutrients from them like calcium, vitamin K, protein and zinc.

High fat Plants
Have a good intake of High-fat plants only if you have a high metabolic rate. You can get these fats by including things like olives, hazelnuts, almonds, avocados and macadamias in your diet. Just about 10 % of poly saturated fats are sufficient in a healthy raw food diet.

Sweet Fruits
Talking about how much sweet fruits you should consume per day, you need to know which fruit provides what to your body. Like banana provide high energy and potassium and low fibre. On the other hand, an orange is a good source of vitamin C, potassium and calcium.

Things To Remember While Preparing Tasty Raw Food Recipes

In order to make your tasteless raw food tasty, you might try some ways which do exactly conform to a strict raw food diets yet may bring you tangible benefits.

Try not to overcook your food else it will loose important nutrients.
Try to avoid using refined vegetables instead try to use ingredients in their natural way with a little chopping and grinding.
Try using only fresh and home grown organic garden products for your raw food recipes.
Try not to cook your raw food at high temperature as it makes it unhealthy.
Try not to add preservatives or harmful artificial flavours and colours in your raw food recipe.

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