Tips For Formulating A Raw Food Diet Plan

Dehydrating food can go some way toward mimicking cooked foods, although not all raw foodists actually do this.

Other tools which would come in useful are glass jars and containers, which can be used for sprouting as well as for storing food. And you would definitely need a refrigerator to store some of your foods!

Amount of raw food to eat

In terms of food quantity, in my view, you may eat as much raw foods as you see fit – it is virtually impossible to overeat and become overweight on them, due to their high nutrient, fiber and water content.

If you feel that raw foods do not seem to ‘satisfy’ you or make you feel full enough, you may to eat foods such as avocadoes, coconuts, olives and various types of nuts and seeds. These foods contain fats and will help to fill you up. However, do take note not to overeat nuts and seeds.

Other key points to note in coming up with raw food diet plans

When formulating your own raw food diet plan, remember a few key things. Firstly, you are going raw probably for health reasons. So be focused on ‘healthy’ rather than ‘raw’ – it’s quite pointless eating raw foods which actually harm your body!

Be flexible and do not be too hard on yourself. If you are stressing yourself a lot just to keep your diet raw, then perhaps it is time for you to re-look things.

And if you are transiting from a mainly cooked diet to eating more raw foods, give yourself time to adjust; make the transition at your own pace, and don’t go rushing yourself to do it as quickly as possible.

Also, keep things simple. Raw food lifestyles go hand-in-hand with simple living, so it really doesn’t make sense to complicate matters greatly.

For some ideas on what to include in your raw food diet plan, click here for a list of some possible raw foods to eat and some raw food information.

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