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Organic Raw Peanut Butter
Although
it is difficult for some of you to transform your diet completely, you
do not have to go 100% raw. You can incorporate natural
alternatives to the foods you were eating (such as organic raw peanut
butter and not regular peter pan). You can also purchase all
organic, stay away from cow milk, incorporate plenty of fresh fruits
and veggies and only drink water and you have dramatically changed your
life already!
Changing over to 100% raw foods right away may be
hard for some people due to their personal preferences. Also, by
changing over to raw food, the body will begin to detox on its own
within a few days. Changing over and doing so gradually would
be
wise so the body will not have to go through detox so hard at the
beginning.
One method used was six days on, one day off which
seemed to work as the body could compare food tastes. After awhile, the
body would choose what was healthy over the unhealthy, allowing the
detox to continue on its own. The feeling of well-being that
was
felt on the six days was still desired on the seventh day.
Contrasts between food types and their tastes were noted, and personal
preferences could win for that one-day. But eventually,
the
non-cooked food won out.
A second method used was to eat raw
food “cold turkey” for two weeks straight. On the end of the
two-week period, a list was made to see what was enjoyed most … the
processed food or the raw vegetables. At first, the desire for
processed food was still there but over time, it lost its appeal. By
the end of the month, the feeling of “well-being” due to eating raw
foods won over the taste of cooked and processed foods.
Keep
in mind that you do not have to incorporate a full 100% raw food diet
forever! You can eat raw foods 80% of the time, for instance,
perhaps up until dinnertime, then go cooked for dinner. Just
eating more fruits and veggies alone will change your health
drastically...
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