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by: ChristianGoodman
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It hasn't been that long ago that our ancestors survived and even thrived on a diet that was composed primarily of raw foods including fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouted seeds and grains, dried fruit and juices, rolled or flaked grains, along with a few herbs and spices.

When times were good, animals and fish provided meat but the average adult diet consisted primarily of fruits and vegetables. The women were lean, the men were muscular, and everyone spent hours each day walking, running, and exerting themselves physically in a variety of daily activities.

Everything was going along rather well until one day someone discovered fire, which started the downward spiral and eventually led us to today's 'processed foods'.

In just three generations, our society has taken a relatively healthy diet and while attempting to make it more appealing we've gotten off course, way off course.

Today's highly processed foods are certainly more attractive and thus more marketable, so it's a sure bet that it looks really good on the shelf. In addition to making it look so appetizing, we've added countless chemicals pushing preservation to the very edge, where shelf life is virtually unlimited.

But the most devastating news is this, our daily diet of overly processed food has been stripped of any real nutritional value and fiber has been all but forgotten.

The two most commonly consumed 'vegetables' now are French fries and ketchup, at a time when we find ourselves beleaguered with arthritis, attention deficit disorder, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes and cancer.

In addition, high levels of stress, deskbound jobs, and poor air and water quality is a common occurrence. This leads to an obese, malnourished, infertile yet angry and violent society, which is what we have today.

Can it be possible that raw food is the solution to our every increasing social problems?

Let's see. The recommended daily servings are two to three fruits and three to five vegetables.

People often interpret it as five servings of fruit and vegetables when the ideal should be a maximum of eight servings.

That's a daily intake of eight servings of nutritionally dense foods that are naturally designed to satisfy you so you will find yourself eating less.

Naturally, weight loss will happen when you change your focus from processed foods to fresh fruits and vegetables.

Because calorie and carbohydrate intake are substantially reduced when concentrating on raw foods, it's hard to overeat on such a diet. An added benefit to the high water and fiber content of such a diet will be realized in a feeling of fullness, a healthier digestive system, and a detoxified body with increased anti-aging properties.

Shifting to raw foods should not be drastic, as this can overwhelm the body. It is advised that you gradually increase your raw food intake over several days while reducing your processed food intake at the same time.

You will find yourself spending less time in the kitchen preparing foods and more time enjoying them.

It's quite possible that you might find yourself strolling through the produce department a bit more frequently however, as raw foods do not have the vast quantities of preservatives (yes, that's the chemicals) so freshness must be controlled by buying only the items that you expect to consume in a short period of time.

A lot of meal plans intended to contain raw foods in your daily life can be found online, and when integrated with the health improving elements of Weight Loss Breeze, you can be assured of a healthier, slimmer and revitalized YOU!