Conclusion #36 – Four Benefits Of Eating More Raw Fruits & Vegetables
Do you struggle eat enought fruits and vegetable? Want an easy, healthy way to feel better, whiten your teeth and lose some weight? Try some fruit. Try a lot of fruit. This week marks the end of my 30 days of a Raw, Vegan Diet. And while I didn’t end of maintaining the diet the entire time, I did discover some really interesting benefits to increasing my raw fruits and vegetable intake. Here’s what I learned in my month of fruit-filled fun.
- You Will Eliminate of Most Of Your Digestion Problems - Do you suffer from digestion problems like Acid Reflux, Constipation or Irrational Bowel Syndrome? Try replacing your morning coffee and bagel with 5-6 bannas or a green smoothie. I noticed that as I increased my raw fruits and vegatable consumption, my digestion was smooth and I suffered no discomfort. I joked with my friends that I don’t fart any more. Flatulence is a sign that something has gone wrong in your digestion. Pay attention to what you eat next time you have some type of digestive discomfort. There may something going wrong with your diet.
- Your Skin Will Become Clearer – As I increased my raw food intake, I noticed that not only did my acne disappear, but the color and radiance of my skin increased. If you’re trying to heal yourself of any type of skin disease consider a week fruit fast. Once you see the results that diet can have on your skin, it’s not hard to see how this diet can benefit you.
- Your Teeth Will Become Whiter – This might have been to the reduce intake of coffee during the trial, or just simply from eating healthier foods, but I noticed that my smile was a lot whiter during the first two weeks when I most digent about following the diet.
- You Will Loose Weight – Probably everyone’s excuse for dieting. You can cut out those extra pounds off with a little more veggies in your diet. When I was most diligent about following the diet, I lost at least a pound a day. You can lose as much weight as you need depending on how commited you are to changing your eating habits.
Making Small Changes, Your Key To Success
You don’t have to have to completely change your diet today, but the key to make slow, small changes. I attempted to make one huge change in diet at one time and quickly realized there are all sorts of habits I need to learn to reap the benefits of this diet. Here are a few suggestions you can use to implement these changes…
- Change one meal at a time. Instead of changing every meal, start with an all raw fruit breakfast or just have a big salad for dinner.
- Add fruit or salad to every meal. Going out to eat? Start with a salad. Want desert? Eat some fruit. Eating as much fruit as you care for will leave you finishing every meal feeling statisifed.
- Buy raw snacks. My personal favorites are clementines, raw almonds, bananas, celery sticks and baby carrots. Find sometime you can eat with little to no preparation that you can carry with you. Most fruits and nuts fit this bill.
- Buy a raw foods “cook” book. I’d suggest Raw Food Made Easy by Jennifer Cornbleet. This books contains a ton of simple recipes you can make with a blender or food processor. Blending foods make a lot of raw foods more interesting to eat and adds a little variety to your diet.
- Try green smoothies. Don’t like salads? Try blending your raw veggies up with a mixture of sweet fruits to get all the nutrients you need for the day– minus the chewing. Blending helps you digest greens easier.
Although, I choose not to go full raw after this trial, I did learn a lot from the experience. It’s definitely made me more aware of the effects of food on our health. I’m probably going to just keep trying more food trials until I can increase my raw foods intake. From the experiment, I can definitely say that any increase in raw fruits and vegetables is beneficial for your health.
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