Update Sept - 01 -2009 Pro Or Con "Raw Food Diet For Weight Loss" By Health Experts

The raw food diet is defined as diet with 75% of unprocessed and uncooked plant foods including all types fresh fruit,vegetables nuts and seeds in order to avoid heating (above 116 degrees F is believed to destroy enzymes in food), thereby, preventing the loss of vitamins and minerals and increasing the absorption of vital nutrients of the digestive system.Unfortunately, it is not for people with digestive disorder, since it increases the risks of diarrhoea and other symptoms of digestive system. People first time in the diet may find to have diarrhoea or loose stool and other digestive problem, but they will go aways in a few days.

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Benefits of a Raw Food Diet
By Barry Lycka

With the world thinking of their health and always exercising, the raw food diet is only a step away. There are many benefits in starting this diet. Stories of people having great results abound. In a raw food diet, you consume only unprocessed and uncooked plants. Such things are raw vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds. Benefits surround this diet and offer many outlooks on life. When you begin this diet, you can increase levels of energy rather quickly. With a raw food diet, you are opening your body to a new and fresh idea. When you have a new and fresh idea, you have more ways to be able to stay healthy. Other health benefits for are:

1. Energy increase- Whether you think so or not, eating raw vegetables and nuts are really healthy for you. Even so, they give you energy for their vitamin content and nutritional value. We need energy if we are going to do the things we want to. Having energy increases our performance in our every day lives.

2. Improved digestion- With the raw food diet, the way that are food is digested is processed through a different way. This way is more efficient and productive for a fast metabolism. When we eat things that are not healthy, it tends to create a blockage and the foods are not processed fully. This causes the weight gain. With the raw food diet, the foods are broken down more and promote weight loss.

3. Reduced risk of heart disease- Any diet that prevents heart disease is worth looking at. Our hearts are the most vital thing in our body. With a bad heart, we can't do the things that we used to and it really diminishes you life expectancy. To be healthy is the goal with a raw food diet.

Raw food diets are the best you can do for your bodies. Some may argue that this is just another scam to get money, but with the money that you spend buying junk food is a lot more than you would be if you bout more raw vegetables and nuts. There is always a need to improve our self image. The way we feel about ourselves reflects to other people. Keep a healthy spirit and always try your best to have a healthy body.

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Update August 20 -2009 Pro Or Con "Raw Food Diet For Weight Loss" By Health Experts

The raw food diet is defined as diet with 75% of unprocessed and uncooked plant foods including all types fresh fruit,vegetables nuts and seeds in order to avoid heating (above 116 degrees F is believed to destroy enzymes in food), thereby, preventing the loss of vitamins and minerals and increasing the absorption of vital nutrients of the digestive system.Unfortunately, it is not for people with digestive disorder, since it increases the risks of diarrhoea and other symptoms of digestive system. People first time in the diet may find to have diarrhoea or loose stool and other digestive problem, but they will go aways in a few days.

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Raw Food - A Diet For the Lazy Man
By Swayze Foster

Here is a comment that was recently left on a former post about mono-fruit meals.

I am lazy and started doing fruit meals from the beginning! I have never been into cooking recipes. So I got into raw foods and eating mostly fruit instinctively. ~ Annalise

I can certainly relate to this. When I ate a cooked vegan diet, I always HATED spending hours in the kitchen preparing meals. Or making a second trip to the supermarket because I forgot some essential ingredient for a dish the first time around. Or having to plan my "healthy" meals days in advance. Or...the list goes on and on.

That's why I was so excited about the raw food diet. "Eating foods in their raw states," I thought. "What could be more simple than that?"

Little did I know that the world of "gourmet raw" wasn't any better than cooked vegan! I still spent hours in the kitchen, only now I was just chopping vegetables. I still had to make numerous trips to various health food stores in the hopes of finding "necessary" special ingredients. And I still had to plan everything well in advance, so as not to waste anything or end up without enough food.

And at least my cooked meals actually tasted good! Raw meatloaf and "sun" burgers...no thanks.

A Diet for the Lazy Man

Luckily, I quickly came across a raw food diet that truly satisfies the couch potato inside of me. And as crazy as it sounds, this is the absolute *healthiest* and most *nutritious* diet you can find!

And which diet is this? Why, the low fat raw vegan diet, of course! That means all the sweet fruit you can eat, moderate greens and non-sweet fruits, and limited fats. That's it!

When I found out that I could literally grab a bunch of bananas and chow down, I couldn't believe it. And what if I wanted something a little more fancy? No problem! A simple yet satisfying fruit salad, green smoothie, savory salsa or raw pasta could be prepared in just minutes!

This meant no more extra time in the kitchen and no more desperate searches at the supermarket! While I still plan my meals, and recommend that you do the same, it's extremely simple. Since I know how much food I need in a given day and the ripening times of the various foods that I eat, all that is required is to make sure that I buy enough when I go shopping. That's all there is to it!

And best of all? I have more energy on this super simple lazy man's raw diet than on any other program I've ever tried! And because I'm not slaving away in front of a hot stove (or tepid dehydrator, for that matter), I can use that new-found energy for things that I truly enjoy.

What's That, You Say?

A raw diet of mostly fruit is just *too* simple, right? There is just *no way* a person can survive long term on such a diet, huh?

WRONG! Not only are people surviving on a high fruit, low fat raw vegan diet, they are thriving (myself included)! If you don't believe me, take a gander at 30 Bananas a Day. It's a forum specifically for low fat raw vegans and boasts over 1000 members!

If you are *still* skeptical, try it out for yourself! You have nothing to lose from giving a healthy raw vegan diet a go. Cooked foods will still be there if you wish to return to them.

So what's stopping you? Grab some bananas and give the low fat fruity raw way a try! :D

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How Does the Raw Food Diet Work? Nurse's Guide
By Helen Hecker

If you've been hearing more and more lately about raw foods and the raw food diet and are wondering how it works, this article will give you a basic idea of how it works.

I first became familiar with raw food diets after I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. I was also suffering from a lot of ailments including fibromyalgia, arthritis, sinus infections, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and much more. I had been hospitalized with pneumonia, had strep throat and on and on. So my immune system was not in good shape.

Turning down conventional therapy, that is - no chemo, radiation or surgery or any drugs or medications, I turned to raw foods. I developed my own diet based on reading what many others were doing who were eating a raw food diet.

It is really very simple. The diet consists of fruits, vegetable, nuts and seeds - that's it. And none of it cooked. It may sound sparse but it is nothing but. I can make dozens of recipes using nuts and seeds along with various fruits and veggies and all sorts of combinations of these. The rewards are great. For me, no more breast cancer and all my other ailments went away and I'm still in perfect health today, enjoy tremendous energy and just feel good all the time. I only need five hours sleep a night and take no medications. I am physically active too and thin.

If you're thinking about the raw food diet for weight loss, it's the best way to lose weight. You won't be starving yourself because you can eat as much as you want to eat of those four food groups. Weight drops off fast and I virtually lost weight almost overnight of about ten pounds. It stays off too because you really adopt the raw food diet as a lifestyle once you start. Although I eat 100% raw, of course you can choose to eat 75% to 80% raw and still benefit. Or eating any amount of fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds is going to help boost your immune system, fight off colds, the flu, ailments and diseases.

And you don't have to sign up for any expensive weight loss programs. Once you get going and start learning the ropes you'll find you enjoy eating more simply and will still be able to putter in the kitchen and make fabulous recipes. And your guests won't have any idea that the food they're eating is healthy.

So give the raw food diet a try. You can design your own by studying what others are eating and there are lots of raw ebooks and books available on the subject. Like me you'll be glad you did.

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Update August 6-2009

The raw food diet is defined as diet with 75% of unprocessed and uncooked plant foods including all types fresh fruit,vegetables nuts and seeds in order to avoid heating (above 116 degrees F is believed to destroy enzymes in food), thereby, preventing the loss of vitamins and minerals and increasing the absorption of vital nutrients of the digestive system.Unfortunately, it is not for people with digestive disorder, since it increases the risks of diarrhoea and other symptoms of digestive system. People first time in the diet may find to have diarrhoea or loose stool and other digestive problem, but they will go aways in a few days.

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Raw Food Diet - Pros
By Teodor Lazar

After completing the Raw Food Diet Experiment, I made a list of the pros I experienced during the raw food diet. If you are still on the fence about starting your own 30 day raw food diet experiment, this list may just be the nudge you need. I've sent it to a few of my friends and two have decided to go raw for 30 Days. If the list is helpful to you, please let me know by making a donation. It is appreciated and will ensure that I will be able to continue doing more experiments in the future - all of which I will post for your benefit. And now, the Raw Food Diet Pros:

Weight Loss

Just about everyone I've met, who has gone on this diet, has lost weight. If you are trying to lose weight in a healthy way, then there is no healthier way than eating raw natural foods. I personally lost 15.8 lbs while on this diet and I wasn't even trying. In fact, I was trying to eat more than I needed in order not to lose weight. If you are trying to lose a few pounds, then try the raw food diet. Not only will you lose the weight but you will feel great while doing it. There's no need for pills, powders, fancy meal plans, set portions, or fees. That, plus zero cooking time! Just go to your local Whole Foods or Farmers' Market and buy the produce. Then come home, wash it, peal it, and eat it. I lost an average of 3.687 lbs in a week. If you eat a lot of processed food, as well as fast food you will probably lose more weight than me. Just keep in mind that if you eat processed food along with fast food on a daily basis, your detox period may also be more intense. With that in mind, you may not want to jump into 100% raw food all at once. If you do decide on eating 100% raw, then I recommend reading 10 Ways to Become a Raw Foodist.

Less Need for Sleep

On my Standard American Diet (SAD), I usually slept 6-7 hours a night, sometimes only managing 5. On 6-7 hours of sleep, I functioned at a normal capacity. My cognitive abilities were average and I preformed tasks within reasonable periods of time. If I slept 5 hours, I slowed down. I felt sluggish and my productivity suffered as a result.

On the raw food diet, I averaged around 5 hours of sleep a night. Even so, I still felt more alert on 5 hours of sleep while eating raw than I normally did sleeping 6-7 hours eating the Standard American Diet. Thus on a raw food diet, not only did I need less sleep, but I was also more alert on less sleep when compared to the Standard American Diet.

If you are a person that needs to accomplish many things and those things cut into your sleeping time, which in turn decreases your cognitive capacity the next day, then I would strongly consider the raw food diet.

As to why this is the case, I have a theory. If you remember my post on enzymes, you'll remember than on a raw food diet your body doesn't have to use as many resources to aid in digestion. Thus there are more resources left over for repair (this not only means repairing the body, but the mind as well). And when does repairing of the body and mind occur? At night - when you are sleeping.

On the SAD, you're causing damage to your body every day by ingesting harmful toxins from cooked and processed foods. Your body has less resources and more damage to deal with, so in order to fix the damage your body keeps you sleeping for longer periods of time. If you try to wake up before the body has had a chance to repair itself, you wake up feeling tired. This is your body's way of telling you, it has not finished repairing itself yet.

When you eat strictly raw foods, you dramatically reduce the toxins you ingest. Your body also uses less of its own resources to aid in digestion, thus you have more resources available and less damage to repair. Over time your body uses those resources to repair the damage cooked/processed foods have caused. Without new toxins coming in, your body gradually repairs all the major areas. As time passes you need to spend less time sleeping because there's less and less damage for your body to repair.

Increased Endurance

Normally when I'm at the gym, I need about 30 sec to 1 min of rest in-between my sets. The workout is not high intensity...yet. Still I lift weights and do many sets which do require rest. On my normal diet, I fatigue faster and run out of energy quicker so I need more time in between sets to recoup. On the raw food diet, I noticed I either had a faster recovery time or I didn't get too tired in the first place. In some cases I was literally walking from machine to machine. This didn't happen right away; the results came on Day 7 and continued onward.

My theory is that fruits and vegetables are easily broken down. The molecular properties of fruits and vegetables are less complex than SAD foods. Fruits and vegetables are just glucose, vitamins, minerals, and water. Less complexity means less use of vital enzymes and energy. The energy conserved during digestion is surplus energy that's available for other activities like working out. One example to ponder is meat and bananas, which one do you think you can chew, swallow, and digest faster?

Increased Strength

While on the raw food diet I experienced strength gains at a rapid pace. This is all while losing weight. When I experienced strength gains in the past it was accompanied by an increase in my body weight as well. The strength boost first became apparent on Day 7 (link), when I went up in each of my exercises by a total of 5 lbs. By the end of Day 30, I was up a total of 20 lbs in each exercise. Up until this diet, I had reached a plateau in terms of strength. If you are an athlete and strength is a factor you might want to give this diet a try. After eating raw foods for 30 days, I went back to eating cooked foods of all kinds again. Shortly after, I lost the gains I had made up until that point. The loss in strength came fast and I was at my previous capacity within a week. As a side note, my endurance went down dramatically as well.

Increased Energy

If you feel like you never have enough energy to get everything you need to accomplished, then you may want to consider eating raw foods. After the 7th Day, I noticed a substantial increase in energy. I'd compare it to drinking coffee, but this is a cleaner energy without a crash or jitters. The energy is like a constant stream of power. There are no short circuits and the system is always powered on. While on raw foods, if you feel yourself slowly gliding to a lower energy level you just eat a piece of fruit and you jump back up to your previous levels.

Increased Libido

This particular pro gets a little graphic, so please skip it if you are the type that gets queasy. I started having more frequent erections after Day 8, but I didn't post about it in my journal because I didn't think anyone would want to read about it. Still I decided to include it here because there are men out there with erectile dysfunctions and over half of them could probably be cured if they didn't ingest so much processed cooked food. Instead of making poor food choices and then taking pills to force a change in their bodies, they could just as easily take up a raw food diet and see their vitality improve. I noticed that while on the raw food diet, I was more responsive and in tune with members of the opposite sex. I also noticed dramatic improvements in arousal and stamina, so if you're love life needs a boost, the raw food diet can definitely turbo-charge it.

Bouts of Euphoria

Do you like being extremely happy for no reason? I do too and during the raw food diet I experienced these intense feelings of joy. These short bursts of euphoria usually lasted anywhere from 1-3 hours, with a few cases lasting as long as 4 hours at a time. During these periods of euphoria I felt joyous. Every cell in my body was full of good feelings. Like the feelings you get when you are about to go on a much wanted vacation, or have a crush on someone, or like being a kid on Christmas morning. Remember those feelings? If you want to experience those same feelings, start eating raw foods. You will have powerful feelings of excitement, joy, and peacefulness all mixed into one. I haven't figured out the food combination to bring them about as frequently as I'd like (they are addictive feelings after all), but from my experiences they came about after I ate fruit or drank green smoothies. I didn't notice the same euphoria when I ate non-green vegetables or fats. I must attach a disclaimer here because your body won't necessarily work the same as mine, so I encourage you to try what works for you. Trying fruit or green-smoothies is a good place to start. If the feelings don't come right away, hang in there. I didn't feel extreme joy until the 19th Day of this trial, this was a full 9 days later than on my December 08 trial.

Positive Emotions and Tranquility

After week 1, I noticed I felt positive emotions a majority of the time. I first noticed that I had become more confident. Those voices in my head that said, "You can't do this" or "You lack X and Y" or "You're not Z enough" slowly became whispers and gradually disappeared. After that, I became less agitated at things that would normally irk me. An example - being cut off in traffic - I didn't care. I entered a Zen-like state where I was calm and contemplative. I felt more connected to the world and the people in it. More intuitive about people's emotional states when I was talking to them. I could pick out their emotional states even if they were trying to put on a front. Then I started to feel like sharing those good feelings, I really wanted others to feel good. I became more generous, I would try to brighten people's day by doing little things for them. One co-worker was sick, so I went out and got her some fresh chicken soup (up until that point I didn't even know her that well). A friend's car stopped working so I offered him my own and I didn't even charge him for gas. Gasp!

Clear Thinking/Consciousness/Increased Intuition

The shift in brain capacity when you adapt a raw food diet is amazing! It's like coming out of a fog that you were not even aware that you were in. You feel as though you just got an upgrade. When you're on the raw food diet everything is sharper, cleaner, and faster. Ideas are flowing like a river as opposed to your mind being like a lake on cooked food.

I have a computer game that I play from time to time. It has different brain games that challenge you to use your mind. Everything is timed and the problems are not too difficult. I've had the game on my computer for close to a year and I play it about once a week for around an hour. Well after being at the same mental level for a while, I dramatically improved my scores on memory, intuition, and analysis.

The reason why I noticed an increased brain capacity could be that I was no longer poisoning my system with the toxins that are present in cooked and processed food. When I ate raw organic foods I ingested few to no toxins which meant less repetitive damage to my body and mind. Over time my body had repaired the major troubled spots. Since my body had more resources available left over to repair my brain, it concentrated on that. After the repairs took place my mind was able to process things in a fraction of the time it took it on the SAD. Hard to believe? Try the raw food diet out for yourself and you'll see massive improvements in your cognitive capacity.

Clearer Sinuses

By the end of the diet I hardly every needed to blow my nose. Most of the time my sinuses were clear and I felt I could breathe quite easily. I don't have allergies, so I'm not stuffed up normally, but what I noticed is that on a SAD diet my mucus was green and atrocious.

It felt like I had little green trolls living in my nose up all this time and for the first time in years they had taken a vacation. I usually have some thick boogies that are dark green and I blow them out in my sink in the morning (fun fact). In any case, I rarely had any green mucus in my nose after the end of the 2nd week and after 30 days of raw foods, I noticed even less of it.

Cleaner Mouth/Breath

If you place a premium on fresh breath (and who doesn't?), then that's just another plus of the raw food diet. When eating cooked food my mouth usually had a gritty feeling unless I brushed right away. After switching to raw foods I would have a fresh feeling in my mouth. The exception being green smoothies. Green smoothies were usually think and creamy and would tend to leave a film. Still if I swished some fresh water through my mouth, it would clean off any residue. I cannot say the same for my standard diet. If I ate cooked meat, I had to brush and floss, otherwise in a couple of hours I could feel the bacteria starting to fester.

No Sleepiness After Meals

If you adopt the raw food diet, you will not want to sit on the couch and take a nap after meals. After you eat raw foods, you'll feel energized and ready to take on the world. You might even let out a few roars and beat your chest. If you are eating mainly fruit and greens on your diet, much like I am, your meals will be processed in a fraction of the time it normally takes for your body to process cooked food or meat. This means less down time and more time available for you to accomplish your goals.

Healthy Glow

After being on the diet for 15 days, co-workers started saying that something was different about me. I had told a couple of them that I was on the raw food diet, so obviously they suspected it could be due to the diet, but there were others who didn't know what was different about me. Their subconscious must have picked up on something. It was kind of funny to listen to some comments like, "Something's different about you. Did you get a hair-cut?" or "You seem to be radiating, like your glowing or something." I don't know if it was just the glow, or a combination of the glow and some weight loss, but I thought I'd mention the glow phenomenon here.

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These are the pros of eating a raw food diet. If you have tried the 30-Day Raw Food Diet Experiment and found some other pros, I'll be happy to add them as well. You can let me know by going to http://outsidetheboxexperiment.com/contact.php

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Teodor Lazar is an individual who is committed to helping people fulfill their goals in life. He writes authentic, detailed, and value filled articles which focus on health, wealth, and relationships. You can read his other articles here: http://outsidetheboxexperiment.com/blog/archives/

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Update August 1st - 2009 Pro Or Con "Raw Food Diet For Weight Loss" By Health Experts

The raw food diet is defined as diet with 75% of unprocessed and uncooked plant foods including all types fresh fruit,vegetables nuts and seeds in order to avoid heating (above 116 degrees F is believed to destroy enzymes in food), thereby, preventing the loss of vitamins and minerals and increasing the absorption of vital nutrients of the digestive system.Unfortunately, it is not for people with digestive disorder, since it increases the risks of diarrhoea and other symptoms of digestive system. People first time in the diet may find to have diarrhoea or loose stool and other digestive problem, but they will go aways in a few days.

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Is a Raw Food Diet Radical?
By Swayze Foster

There are so many doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, and health hobbyists and lobbyists out there that bash the raw food diet and its promoters. They say that a raw food diet isn't balanced, is lacking nutrients, results in fanaticism...

Ultimately, they conclude that a raw diet is a radical approach to health.

Since I know you're just *dying* to know, here is what I think. :)

Everyone knows the health benefits of fruits and veggies

We have all been told since childhood the importance of fruits and vegetables in a balanced diet. Our parents did everything they could to get us to eat our fruits and veggies.

Chips were replaced with apples and PB in our lunch boxes. Broccoli was smothered in yellow cheese sauce. Berries were stuck between layers of graham cracker and whipped cream.

If you asked a random person off the street what the healthiest foods are, 90% of them would say fruits and vegetables.

Try this: go to Google and search "healthy food." Click the image tab. Almost *every* picture on the first page showcases fruits and vegetables!

And what about commercials? There's the "5-a-day" ads. The Ocean Spray cranberry juice ads. All the different foods promoting their "one serving of fruit/vegetables." And we can't forget the ever-popular "should have had a V8" ads.

So what's the big deal?

If the vast majority agrees that fruits and vegetables are the healthiest foods for us humans, is the idea of eating them exclusively such a leap? I don't think so.

But then again, I'm biased.

Think of it this way: if you knew the absolute *best* way to clean your carpet, would you give any other method the time of day? Of course not!

If you have the best, forget the rest!

Do you want to know what IS radical about a raw food diet?

The results! The amazing benefits you can experience from going raw are just that...amazing! Here are a few that I can attest to...

• Improved digestion
• Weight loss
• Better mental focus
• No more muscle cramps!
• Loss of joint pain
• Much more energy
• Deeper, restful sleep
• Reduction in daily hair loss
• Softer, smoother skin
• Less chance of burning from sun exposure
• No more stinky sweat!

I could go on and on, but I won't bore you any longer.

My point is that the results speak for themselves. If you doubt the validity of a raw vegan diet or think that it is *too radical*, just give it a try! Make the effort for a good 30 days and see what raw foods can do for you.

I guarantee you will see results quicker than you could have ever imagined.

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15 Amazing Raw Food Diet Benefits
By Joe Waters

First, What Is A Raw Food Diet?

A raw food diet typically consists of nearly all uncooked food. A standard ratio is usually 75% raw food to 25% or less cooked food. Many people will even aim to achieve 90 to 100% raw foods in their diet.

By following these guidelines, many wonderful benefits of a raw food diet are realized.

Some of the most common types of raw foods are...fresh and dried fruits, fresh fruit juices, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouts.

Let's look at some of the most noticeable benefits of a raw food diet people typically experience once they make this shift in their dietary habits.

Powerful Raw Food Diet Benefits

Some of the most common benefits of a raw food diet include...

• Increased energy level.
• Clear, soft skin.
• Establish and maintain your ideal body weight.
• You do not feel deprived of eating.
• Eat as much as you want and not gain weight.
• Enjoy a deep, sound sleep at night.
• Have regular bowel movements and rarely suffer from constipation or indigestion.
• Look younger and healthier.
• Your health and fitness levels increase.
• Your eyes will be more clear and bright.
• Feel happy throughout the day - with no signs of depression.
• Your level of concentration and focus will improve greatly.
• Your instincts and intuitiveness will be sharper.
• Less degenerative disease.
• Less frequent or less intense colds and flus.

Based on the raw food diet benefits listed above, it's plain to see that raw foods are a simple, effective and natural way to improve your overall health and experience life at an optimal level!

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Free Raw Food Recipe - Best Blueberry Or Blackberry Pie Raw Recipe
By Helen Hecker

If you're looking for a healthy alternative to cooked berry pies or even cooked desserts that are laden with unhealthy fats and sugars, why not try my live-food, free, easy, raw berry pie recipe. Many people are gradually making the switch from cooked desserts and cooked foods which are causing so many of our health problems today. It doesn't matter if you're a raw fooder or eat the standard American diet; you'll love this raw berry pie recipe and know that you're doing your body good in the process.

In fact making a raw berry pie does not require turning on the oven and can be made in virtually minutes. I have often timed myself and can make this pie in ten minutes or less if the ingredients are assembled. Equipment: food processor.

This is my own creation, one of many vegetarian, vegan and raw food recipes that I have developed and created over the past few years as a raw fooder - eating raw foods, having cured myself of breast cancer, fibromyalgia, arthritis and sinus infections along with many other ailments.

You can use the pie crust for dozens of other types of raw food recipes or live pies including raw or live apple pie. I've experimented with dozens of variations and tried various ingredients but I've found this raw blackberry or blueberry pie recipe is the best, fastest and easiest recipe to make. In fact if you're going to have company coming over you can whip this free raw food diet recipe up in no time.

Helen's Best Raw Berry Pie - the ingredients: 12 organic medjool dates, 1 cup raw pecans, 4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, blackberries or boysenberries and 2 bananas.

For the crust put 1 cup of raw pecans in a food processor and grind until fine. Add 8 pitted organic medjool dates and process until mixed fairly well. Place into a 9-inch pie plate.

For the binder mix two bananas, 8 berries or so for color and 4 medjool dates in a food processor - use the same food processor - don't need to wash it. Remove to large bowl and carefully fold in 4 cups of fresh or frozen or partially frozen blueberries, boysenberries or blackberries. Spread berry-binder mixture on top of the crust. Decorate with boysenberries or blackberries around the edge of the pie. Refrigerate.

This live or raw berry pie is a family favorite and one I have served on many occasions to company who are not aware they are eating something healthy containing all the vibrant nutrients - nothing cooked out.

This pie is really good with boysenberries too. You can also slice some fresh kiwi on the top or other fruits that won't turn color.

One nice thing to know about fixing any raw food recipe is that you can eliminate, substitute or add ingredients easily and it will still taste delicious! In this vegan or raw food diet recipe - you may only have one banana on hand for example or you can make half the recipe. You can substitute the pecans for a mixture of one half cup pecans and one half cup walnuts, or all walnuts.

If you live in an area where you have tons of wild blackberries you can make this pie for pennies. Pick blueberries cheaply in the summer and freeze them for year-round use, although fresh berries are always the best. You can make raw berry pies with this free raw food recipe year-round and you'll feel good too knowing you have served your friends and family something that will help them better their health and help them lose weight if they need to too.

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The raw food diet is defined as diet with 75% of unprocessed and uncooked plant foods including all types fresh fruit,vegetables nuts and seeds in order to avoid heating (above 116 degrees F is believed to destroy enzymes in food), thereby, preventing the loss of vitamins and minerals and increasing the absorption of vital nutrients of the digestive system.Unfortunately, it is not for people with digestive disorder, since it increases the risks of diarrhoea and other symptoms of digestive system. People first time in the diet may find to have diarrhoea or loose stool and other digestive problem, but they will go aways in a few days.

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15 Amazing Raw Food Diet Benefits
By Joe Waters

First, What Is A Raw Food Diet?

A raw food diet typically consists of nearly all uncooked food. A standard ratio is usually 75% raw food to 25% or less cooked food. Many people will even aim to achieve 90 to 100% raw foods in their diet.

By following these guidelines, many wonderful benefits of a raw food diet are realized.

Some of the most common types of raw foods are...fresh and dried fruits, fresh fruit juices, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouts.

Let's look at some of the most noticeable benefits of a raw food diet people typically experience once they make this shift in their dietary habits.

Powerful Raw Food Diet Benefits

Some of the most common benefits of a raw food diet include...

• Increased energy level.
• Clear, soft skin.
• Establish and maintain your ideal body weight.
• You do not feel deprived of eating.
• Eat as much as you want and not gain weight.
• Enjoy a deep, sound sleep at night.
• Have regular bowel movements and rarely suffer from constipation or indigestion.
• Look younger and healthier.
• Your health and fitness levels increase.
• Your eyes will be more clear and bright.
• Feel happy throughout the day - with no signs of depression.
• Your level of concentration and focus will improve greatly.
• Your instincts and intuitiveness will be sharper.
• Less degenerative disease.
• Less frequent or less intense colds and flus.

Based on the raw food diet benefits listed above, it's plain to see that raw foods are a simple, effective and natural way to improve your overall health and experience life at an optimal level!

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The Raw Food Diet - Some Things You Should Know Before Trying This Diet
By Faviano Torres

There is a new method of losing weight that not all people can try. However, reviews revealed that, so far, it has provided great results to people who have tried the Raw Food Diet. If you are intending to try this yourself, you must read this article first because it will tell you some things you should know before trying this diet.

Not many of us are aware of this new type of weight reduction so let us start with defining it. The Raw Food Diet is a weight loss program wherein you will only eat unprocessed, uncooked, or fresh foods to lose fat. These include fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, sprouts, beans, sprouts, seaweed, and dried fruits. You cannot eat those that have been fried, grilled, baked, steamed,, or processed because they are not raw.

You can heat them as long as it does not go beyond 116 degrees because it will kill the good enzymes that help in digesting and absorbing nutrients. You cannot also cook them because cooking washes all the nutrients and good things from them. It is important to gain awareness of the benefits of the Raw Food Diet. These are the following:

1. It can give the needed boost in our energy levels to help us fight diseases and infection better.

2. It moisturizes our skin, making it look young and radiant. As we get rid of all the preservatives, oils, fats, and other harmful chemicals that are sometimes added to processed or cooked foods, we also enhance our skin tone.

3. It improves our digestion because it promotes overall cleansing of our body. This means that we can flush out all the toxins and hardened fecal matter stuck in the body for quite some time to enable better digestion and absorption of nutrients.

4. It can help us burn calories faster due to improved digestion, leading to effective weight loss.

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The Raw Diet
By Brent McNutt

Humans are the only species of animal (yes, animal) that cooks its food. Fire power is great for warming our bodies in the winter and ridding meat products of harmful bacteria. But, is it really necessary to heat everything we eat? Some people think not and choose to follow a raw diet. Forgoing oven roasted turkey or chicken in favor of a salad of fresh lettuce, carrots and tomatoes, subscribers to the raw diet must know something we don't.

First, and to many probably the biggest draw, is that of dramatic weight loss. Consuming only raw fruits and vegetables and their juices is an obvious way to drop a few dress sizes. As an added bonus, all of the toxins from the chemicals added into processes and packaged food will no longer accumulate in your system. Detox diets, famous for flushing harmful to contaminants from your body, have been known to melt pounds after only a few days. Stick to a well-balanced raw diet and you'll be mimicking this on a more constant basis.

Just as important as weight loss, the immune boosting properties of the raw diet are extensive. Uncooked, unaltered vegetables, fruits and nuts prevent cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Paired with modern medicine, this means of nutrition may lead to a longer, more active life. You may have to skip some favorite junk foods, but you may find more vitality along the way.

Locally grown foods are best for the raw diet. The short distance from harvesting to your plate eliminates the need for preservatives. In the long run, this is better for the earth's soil, water and air. Since no large fleets of delivery trucks are necessary when what you're eating is in your own back yard, motor vehicle emission decrease. The runoff that flows into water sources from mass produced crops covered in pesticides plummet. And, soil is naturally replenished because it would not be tilled to excess by commercial farmers.

Resulting from all of these things, the quality of an individual will experience a remarkable increase in the quality of daily life. Skin elasticity and mental clarity improve. Flexibility, muscle strength and fertility all increase. Not to mention your taste buds recover a vibrancy that was lost to unnatural food sources. The sluggish feeling of a "food coma" no longer occurs with the light fair you'll be enjoying. And, never again will you scrub away at another greasy, baked on pot or pan.

The time alone you'll save in meal preparation should be enough to make you at least try raw food for a week. Start slow and incorporate the practice gradually. Start with one meal a day and make it totally raw. After you keep this up for an entire week, start adding things. Have a salad at every meal. Cut down on the amount of meat you eat. In fact, studies show that our digestive system is not designed to handle a large quantity of animal protein. It may seem extreme, but you might find that stripping all the extra from your meals is what you've been missing all along.

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Raw Food Diet - Change Your Diet, Change Your Life - Nurse's Secret!
By Helen Hecker

One of the best things you can do to change your life is to change your diet. Few people really understand or know how much what you eat can influence every waking moment. If you're distracted by aches, pains and other health problems you can't really focus or enjoy your life. I didn't understand that as much myself until I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 and changed my diet to a raw food diet.

At the time I was plagued with many ailments and conditions including arthritis, severe fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, undiagnosed celiac disease, GERD, chronic sinus infections, gum infections that wouldn't clear up, aches and pains and a host of others too long to list. I also had a bout with strep throat, damaged esophagus from antibiotics and was hospitalized with pneumonia.

After my diagnosis I turned down all conventional therapy. No chemo, no radiation and no surgery. No meds of any kind. I chose another path and that is the natural path. Helping my body to heal. I went on an intense diet of raw foods, that is foods that are alive and loaded with nutrients that would help my malnourished body heal from all my ailments including breast cancer

A strange thing happened. In the first month almost all of my ailments were gone. I woke up able to breathe freely - no sinus problems and later I discovered why. I had an endless amount of energy sleeping only five hours of night. I tried to sleep longer but my body just wanted to get up and get going. My mood was elevated and I felt ready for anything. I couldn't believe my good fortune. Within two months every last ailment and condition was completely gone. I felt fantastic and now a decade later I feel the same way. And not even one pill or medication ever taken.

Although the diet I chose for breast cancer was more intense I still eat only raw foods today - all living foods, foods that are alive and full of life-giving energy and nutrients - antioxidants and legions of other phytonutrients. Thousands of which haven't even been discovered yet. Fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds - it's a vegan diet. There are dozens of fantastic raw recipes that can be made from these ingredients also - desserts and entrees included.

I know how a raw food diet cured me of all my diseases, and ailments, aches and pains and conditions. Good clear skin, healthy hair, fit body, never any weight issues. No aches and pains. I just feel good all the time. It's the best natural weight loss diet too!

I try to pass on what I've learned and encourage others to change from the standard American diet that we were all raised on. Changing your diet can change your life. Why not give a raw food diet a try for a month and see what I mean. You'll be forever glad you did! Take it from me!

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Is a Raw Food Diet Radical?
By Swayze Foster

There are so many doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, and health hobbyists and lobbyists out there that bash the raw food diet and its promoters. They say that a raw food diet isn't balanced, is lacking nutrients, results in fanaticism...

Ultimately, they conclude that a raw diet is a radical approach to health.

Since I know you're just *dying* to know, here is what I think. :)

Everyone knows the health benefits of fruits and veggies

We have all been told since childhood the importance of fruits and vegetables in a balanced diet. Our parents did everything they could to get us to eat our fruits and veggies.

Chips were replaced with apples and PB in our lunch boxes. Broccoli was smothered in yellow cheese sauce. Berries were stuck between layers of graham cracker and whipped cream.

If you asked a random person off the street what the healthiest foods are, 90% of them would say fruits and vegetables.

Try this: go to Google and search "healthy food." Click the image tab. Almost *every* picture on the first page showcases fruits and vegetables!

And what about commercials? There's the "5-a-day" ads. The Ocean Spray cranberry juice ads. All the different foods promoting their "one serving of fruit/vegetables." And we can't forget the ever-popular "should have had a V8" ads.

So what's the big deal?

If the vast majority agrees that fruits and vegetables are the healthiest foods for us humans, is the idea of eating them exclusively such a leap? I don't think so.

But then again, I'm biased.

Think of it this way: if you knew the absolute *best* way to clean your carpet, would you give any other method the time of day? Of course not!

If you have the best, forget the rest!

Do you want to know what IS radical about a raw food diet?

The results! The amazing benefits you can experience from going raw are just that...amazing! Here are a few that I can attest to...

• Improved digestion
• Weight loss
• Better mental focus
• No more muscle cramps!
• Loss of joint pain
• Much more energy
• Deeper, restful sleep
• Reduction in daily hair loss
• Softer, smoother skin
• Less chance of burning from sun exposure
• No more stinky sweat!

I could go on and on, but I won't bore you any longer.

My point is that the results speak for themselves. If you doubt the validity of a raw vegan diet or think that it is *too radical*, just give it a try! Make the effort for a good 30 days and see what raw foods can do for you.

I guarantee you will see results quicker than you could have ever imagined.

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Does the Raw Food Diet Lead to Tooth Decay?
By Swayze Foster

A common testament to the fallacy of the raw food diet is that it results in tooth decay. I can't tell you how many times I have been told, "Oh, you're a raw foodist? You know all the teeth will rot out of your head, right?"

But is it true? Does eating raw really pose a problem to your pearly whites?

Not when you eat a *healthy* raw diet. However, most raw foodists don't exactly follow a low fat raw vegan diet.

As a result, many mainstream raw foodists do in fact experience tooth problems.

Here are the two main reasons why so many raw foodists struggle with tooth decay.

#1: Raw foodists eat too much dried foods

Because so many raw foodists eat a diet lacking in raw sweet fruits, they turn to dense, dehydrated foods to satisfy their caloric intake. Ingredients like dried nuts and fruit are commonplace in the mainstream raw diet.

A huge problem with eating these foods so often is that all or most of the water has been removed. This results in a dry and sticky consistency, just perfect for clinging to your teeth.

Unless you brush your teeth all day, you will constantly have bits of dried, sugary food on your teeth. This creates a haven for bacteria, the result of which can be tooth decay.

Which brings me to my second point...

#2: Raw foodists lack a good dental care system

Many raw foodists believe that following a raw food diet means that you do not have to brush your teeth. Monkeys and other primates do not brush their teeth so why should we?

No matter what kind of diet you eat, whether it's SAD or low fat raw, you *must* brush your teeth. You will still get food particles stuck in all the little crevasses and you will still get some plaque residue on your teeth regardless of what diet you consume.

If you don't want to end up in an uncomfortable dentist chair with an empty wallet, it is imperative that you develop a good dental care system.

What is a good dental care system?

All you need to maintain clean, strong, healthy teeth is a soft toothbrush and some dental floss.

For the toothbrush, I recommend a battery-operated model. I have found that the bristles used are exceptionally soft and the rotating head does an excellent job of cleaning your teeth. Mine is rechargeable and cost about $30.

For the floss, I recommend any flavorless brand. Just be gentle. Flossing too hard can actually wear away your gums!

The method I use is very simple as well. I brush my teeth twice a day, morning and night, for about 3 minutes each. I usually floss only in the evening, if I think some food has decided to live between my teeth.

I do not recommend any toothpaste. It is unnecessary as water works just fine. Plus, most toothpastes contain harmful fluoride. Even natural toothpastes contain useless and even toxic substances and can prevent re-mineralization of the tooth enamel from occurring.

Combine this simple routine with a healthy raw vegan diet and reap the rewards of healthy teeth!

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Raw Food Diet - The Pros, the Cons, the Controversy
By Perry Ahlgrimm

The relationship between you and your protection dog is mutually beneficial. Dogs have a strong desire to please their handler and true protection dogs also possess a natural desire to defend. In return, your dog is rewarded with the stable and balanced household that you provide as well as regular praise that lets the dog know he or she is making you happy. CCK9's unique method of training focuses on this dynamic, therefore eliminating the need to use toys, tugs, or food as a reward (it also eliminates the use of shock collars and other unnecessary means of force).

As handler and guardian, you are responsible for ensuring the optimal health of your protection dog; the diet you feed your dog is an integral part of providing a balanced environment. I'm often consulted regarding my opinion on which diet to choose. Hands down, I'm a fan of the excellent- but controversial-raw food diet. We feed all of our dogs at Command Control Canine LTD a diet that consists of at least 70-80% raw meat (beef, turkey, duck, venison, lamb). Egg is also a protein source.

My preference is to switch the types of raw meat used every few days in order to vary the fat content as well as keep our dogs stimulated. Bones, fed raw and with some meat on it, are given several times a week. The other 20-30% of the diet consists of fruits and vegetables. Onions, mushrooms or tomatoes should not be used. When starting the diet, keep an eye on any gastrointestinal problems your dog may have and try to eliminate trigger foods. On top of this, I like to add in about 2000 mg of fish oil supplements.

When preparing the food, be sure to massage it with your hands in order to get your scent on it. It is just one more reminder that the leader is the supplier of the meal and serves to maintain the respect that the dog has for you. In the wild, wolf pack leaders will eat first and then the rest of the pack will finish. The pack is used to tasting the leader's saliva on their food. For this reason one of our clients swears by spitting in her dog's food daily. We don't do it but it's an interesting theory.

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the raw food diet. That the diet may not be balanced or increases the risk of introducing germs or infection tops the list. I have not had this experience but one tip I can offer is that I deep-freeze our meat for a period of time before thawing it for preparation. Also, we prepare large batches and freeze them until right before use. The benefits of the diet outweigh the risks and allow the dogs to eat a diet that they have been feeding on for billions of years.

There are commercial foods that attempt to mimic the raw food diet. For the most part, my suggestion is to create your own meals. It may cost slightly more than commercial dog food but your protection dog is a long-term investment. The dividends- the security of you and your family- are well worth the extra cost.

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Why the Raw Food Diet?
By Alison H Andrews

So why the raw food diet? One of the best explanations I've heard for why we should eat raw, living foods is because they are LIVING! They are actually still alive, their nutrients and enzymes are 100% intact.

If you take fruit for example and put it in your fruit bowl and ignore it for a few days, it will continue to ripen until it spoils. If you take that same fruit and stew it with some sugar, will it continue to ripen? Of course not! But why? Because it is dead. Cooking food effectively kills it.

There are plenty of arguments that cooking expresses certain nutrients that would not otherwise be available and that is true. But for every one nutrient that is expressed through cooking, 10 000 are destroyed! I prefer to lose one rather than 10 000, wouldn't you?

Cooking is one of the most nutritionally damaging things we can do to food, and for what? Without artificially spicing and salting it to high heaven, it's pretty bland. Okay I'm sure the arguments will come thick and fast about how delicious various dishes are, but the truth is, you educate your taste buds about what to like.

If you are accustomed to eating salty spicy food, then natural raw foods taste bland. But if you eat lots of whole, raw, natural foods you come to appreciate the natural flavors of the food even more!

If you eat whole, fresh, ripe, raw foods, digestion is quick and easy, which frees your body from the process of complex digestion which then gives YOU more energy. The concept of needing to have a snooze after a meal becomes a distant memory on the raw food diet.

That sluggish feeling you get after a heavy meal occurs because your body needs to focus all its energy on the task at hand; breaking down this complex cooked meal into the amino acids and sugars that it can actually utilize. Raw fruits and plants contain these sugars and amino acids in their simplest form so they require very little work before they can be utilized by the body. They are the perfect ENERGY food.

Beauty is another answer to the question of why the raw food diet. Eating raw food will allow you to sculpt the most beautiful you. Whether you won the genetic lottery or not, your true beauty is likely hiding away under puffiness, blotches, acne, cellulite, excess weight, eye bags, wrinkles, varicose veins, broken blood vessels and bloodshot cloudy eyes. Even if you're still young enough not to have begun to show the degeneration of your body, internally that is exactly what is happening. Wouldn't you prefer to be regenerating?

With the raw food diet you give your body the chance to clear out years of accumulated junk, all those toxins that have been tucked away in your fat cells, in your eye bags, your acne and your blotches. As those toxins clear out, your most beautiful self will be given the chance to shine.

But its not just physical! The physical part is just a happy side effect. Another compelling reason for why the raw food diet is the mental clarity and spiritual connectedness you feel. Your memory will improve, along with your concentration and focus.

Since I have gone raw I have made the most life changing decisions effortlessly. I feel so much more in touch with who I truly am and I can no longer do anything BUT live congruently. I must be who I truly am and I must follow my heart. My intuition is growing stronger by the day and I am beginning to feel so in touch! In touch with myself and in tune with my intuition and my life's purpose. This is the most amazing thing of all.

So why the raw food diet? Why the hell not!

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Frederic Patanaude Shares on Raw Food Motivations and Mentors
By Kevin Gianni

In this article, Frederic Patanaude shares on raw food motivations and mentors. Frederic Patanaude has been on a raw food journey for thirteen years. He is the author of The Raw Secrets.

Kevin: Well Frederic I want to welcome you to this program, I'm excited to have you here.

Frederic: I'm happy to be here.

Kevin: So let's start, for those who've never seen you or heard of you before, tell us who you are and how you got into this.

Frederic: All right, well I got into raw foods and the natural health movement about 10 years ago. I started in 1996 experimenting with it.. I'm 32 now. I was pretty young when I
started. I published a magazine for many years called "Just Eat an Apple." It was the first
professional thing I did in this movement. Then I did a lot of books, recipe books, that I published and then in the last four to five years I have been doing online projects exclusively. So I have been doing a lot of program courses.

Kevin: Tell me about, in the beginning I know you had some struggles with raw food, you just didn't get into it and then it was awesome for you and ongoing.. Tell us a little about some things you learned throughout those beginning years.

Frederic: It was very different back then. When I started the Internet was just getting started so we didn't have people like you, sharing a lot of great information. It was more difficult to just get the information. And what I found is that the information that I got at first was not complete, it had serious pieces missing. And I would say the first four or five years I experimented with the diet and at some point I went 100% percent raw for several years in a row and I was not getting the results. Now I can totally understand why, in retrospect looking at what I did, it's very clear what didn't work. But at the time I had no clue and there was no way to know. I couldn't find the right information. And unfortunately the people at the time that were leaders in the movement didn't have it all down to a science, it wasn't that clear. It was more empirical, based on experience, but that's often misleading. So I had some problems. I still experimented with it over the years till I found a way to do it. Up to recently I was still doing some experimenting and now I'm pretty sure I got it right.

Kevin: What have you been doing now that you feel was missing, even through the past 10 years? Why are you confident now that it's really right for you?

Frederic: Well the main difference I guess is my motivation, the source of my motivation. That's really important because changing your diet is something big, you do it for a reason, and the reason I had was more philosophical. It made sense to me but I was 21, so I didn't have many health problems and I didn't have good reason to do it. Since I turned 30 I became more interested in improving my fitness, because I see other people around me you know that are the same age that are starting to decline, their health is starting to decline. I don't want to go down the same path. I'm not just talking about raw foods here I'm talking about the general program including fitness, which is something that I didn't include enough in my program.

Another reason was, I think the biggest reason probably was just that I was not eating enough calories. That's quite stupid, but it's very simple to understand when you're 22 you need to eat a lot of calories. And when you're 30 or 40 and you're really active, you need to eat a lot of calories. You're not going to get that from a breakfast of three apples. So that's something I didn't understand because I didn't fully analyze the diet. That's been a huge difference.

Kevin: What turned you on to the caloric intake? Were you feeling worn out? Were you feeling tired? You said you got to do something here and you searched around for the answer or...?

Frederic: I never had enough energy, so I always reverted back to cooked foods. I always reverted back to other foods or massive quantities of fat or massive quantities of nuts, like a lot people. I think a lot of people are beating themselves because they have cravings. What I found is if eat enough fruits and vegetables I'm not going to have cravings because I'm getting enough. So when you have a craving it's just your body telling you you're not eating enough. I mean there's also other types of psychological cravings where you would want to have a certain food because it reminds you of something, or you want to be part of a social environment. That's different, it's not like physical where you feel compelled to eat it, like where you can't resist. If you can't resist eating the food then obviously you're not getting enough nutrition. People look in the wrong places when it comes to nutrition. They look at, "I'm not getting enough of this nutrient or this vitamin." It's not the little things that are missing it's just the calories. So that's been a huge breakthrough for me.

Kevin: The book "Raw Secrets," I love the book "Raw Secrets," and I think the reason why is because it seems like it's spoken from someone who one, cares about the reader, and then two, you've done a lot of research. And you've done research with reading into Herbert Shelton, and TC Fry. What do you think is the good stuff from those authors?

Frederic: Referring to Herbert Shelton, especially Herbert Shelton, TC Fry and the early authors, I think the good thing about them is they had a more complete picture of health than many current authors who focus specifically on one thing, like they're going to focus specifically on raw foods, without changing the entire paradigm behind the model that we use to judge if something is good or not.

So for example, a lot of people are still in the medical model. For example for diet, all medical diets for weight loss are always the same. It's always a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. No other variation of the diet, it's always the same - Atkins, it's just the ratio that varies. You look at the South Beach Diet, all these different weight loss diets, they're always the same. It's the medical model for weight loss which is force your body to consume less calories by consuming high protein foods which are detrimental in the end to your health, in high quantities. But it works for weight loss. So that's always been the model.

So this is one example in diet, but there's other examples in terms of if you're asking yourself whether you should take a certain supplement or if you should use a certain drug. You know, some instances call for the use of technology and even drugs. But how are you going to judge that? I think that's what these authors offered us, a better understanding of the fundamental principles in self-healing and how the body works, and how nature works. That's what they brought us, this understanding, these basic principles which I find are not often emphasized in the raw food movement.

Kevin: Yeah, now you spent time with, doing program with Dr. Doug Graham.
I love a lot of the stuff he puts out. What was your experience with that? And what were some of the things that you learned from him as a mentor?

Frederic: Yeah, well I definitely have high esteem for Dr. Graham and what he's bringing to the raw food movement. And I think it goes back to what we were saying about the basic principles and this understanding of health. He has a bigger understanding, a wider understanding of health, and all of its aspects, not just diet, not just raw foods, but also, you know, how's your sleep, how's your fitness program.

Especially about fitness, I'm one of those people that was never really fit in my life. I actually was not very sporty in school and I hated exercise, and I was more the brainy type. I've changed that and I've started doing more exercise and improved my fitness and I learned a lot from Dr. Graham in that regard. So that's been a very important part of improving my health.

And also I think, definitely what he brought to the movement is a better understanding of the nutrition aspect the raw food diet, because if you look at it from strictly an academic perspective, some of the raw food diets just are not healthy, you know. [laughter] And it doesn't matter if it's raw or cooked, you have to look at, are you getting enough calories? How much fat are you getting? How much salt are you getting? And, these things are, we don't need that much research to prove that, the research has already been done.

Kevin: What does raw food mean to you? When someone says, "Oh, you're a raw foodist," what does that mean?

Frederic: Well, the word raw I think is important to define too, and the problem I think is people have used this word in scientific perspective, where they'll say, "Raw is when you heat a food below a certain number of Fahrenheit degrees, like 105 or 118." And there's like this magic number and if you go above that then it's no longer raw. But to me raw foods are just foods in their natural state, so fruits and vegetables in their natural state. Of course we can make some compromises and say, "OK maybe you can dehydrate a nut and still it can be a part of the program," but we're talking about foods that are in their natural state. It's pretty easy to know which ones are and which ones are not, you know? So that's the definition of raw.

In terms of the definition of raw foodists, it's a term that I don't particularly like, but I guess to me it would be someone that eats 100% raw food is a raw foodist, but then, you can eat 100% raw food for a day and are you a raw foodist then? So, if you make an exception once, does that count? So, that term is not important. You want to look for improving your health and using raw foods is one way, and eating all raw is certainly something that I recommend and I try to do. So the definition can be very different from one person to the next.

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Free Raw Food Recipe - Best Blueberry Or Blackberry Pie Raw Recipe
By Helen Hecker

If you're looking for a healthy alternative to cooked berry pies or even cooked desserts that are laden with unhealthy fats and sugars, why not try my live-food, free, easy, raw berry pie recipe. Many people are gradually making the switch from cooked desserts and cooked foods which are causing so many of our health problems today. It doesn't matter if you're a raw fooder or eat the standard American diet; you'll love this raw berry pie recipe and know that you're doing your body good in the process.

In fact making a raw berry pie does not require turning on the oven and can be made in virtually minutes. I have often timed myself and can make this pie in ten minutes or less if the ingredients are assembled. Equipment: food processor.

This is my own creation, one of many vegetarian, vegan and raw food recipes that I have developed and created over the past few years as a raw fooder - eating raw foods, having cured myself of breast cancer, fibromyalgia, arthritis and sinus infections along with many other ailments.

You can use the pie crust for dozens of other types of raw food recipes or live pies including raw or live apple pie. I've experimented with dozens of variations and tried various ingredients but I've found this raw blackberry or blueberry pie recipe is the best, fastest and easiest recipe to make. In fact if you're going to have company coming over you can whip this free raw food diet recipe up in no time.

Helen's Best Raw Berry Pie - the ingredients: 12 organic medjool dates, 1 cup raw pecans, 4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, blackberries or boysenberries and 2 bananas.

For the crust put 1 cup of raw pecans in a food processor and grind until fine. Add 8 pitted organic medjool dates and process until mixed fairly well. Place into a 9-inch pie plate.

For the binder mix two bananas, 8 berries or so for color and 4 medjool dates in a food processor - use the same food processor - don't need to wash it. Remove to large bowl and carefully fold in 4 cups of fresh or frozen or partially frozen blueberries, boysenberries or blackberries. Spread berry-binder mixture on top of the crust. Decorate with boysenberries or blackberries around the edge of the pie. Refrigerate.

This live or raw berry pie is a family favorite and one I have served on many occasions to company who are not aware they are eating something healthy containing all the vibrant nutrients - nothing cooked out.

This pie is really good with boysenberries too. You can also slice some fresh kiwi on the top or other fruits that won't turn color.

One nice thing to know about fixing any raw food recipe is that you can eliminate, substitute or add ingredients easily and it will still taste delicious! In this vegan or raw food diet recipe - you may only have one banana on hand for example or you can make half the recipe. You can substitute the pecans for a mixture of one half cup pecans and one half cup walnuts, or all walnuts.

If you live in an area where you have tons of wild blackberries you can make this pie for pennies. Pick blueberries cheaply in the summer and freeze them for year-round use, although fresh berries are always the best. You can make raw berry pies with this free raw food recipe year-round and you'll feel good too knowing you have served your friends and family something that will help them better their health and help them lose weight if they need to too.

For my raw food diet cure and secrets - how I used it to help cure my breast cancer, arthritis, fibromyalgia, acid reflux-digestive, sleep issues, headaches, pain, weight loss, etc. see a nurse/raw food expert's http://www.RawFoodDietCure.com and my easy raw food recipes http://www.RecipesRaw.com

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