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Top 5 Reasons to Add Raw Foods to Your Diet

Top 5 Reasons to Add Raw Foods to Your Diet - There has been a lot of attention and hype in the media and among physicians recently raw food, especially as more studies have shown that our diets consist mainly of processed food. Here are the top 5 reasons to consider adding raw foods to your diet: Top 5 Reasons to Add Raw Foods to Your Diet Digestive enzymes  Our body works overtime to create enough enzymes to digest processed foods. This creates an imbalance in the body to the point that the bodies begin to register a markedly lower threshold...

Align Your Diet To Your Body's Metabolic Cycle

Align Your Diet To Your Body's Metabolic Cycle - The human body has three main metabolic periods which are constantly repeated in a cycle every 24 hours. The three periods are: elimination and maintenance, digestive and finally assimilation. As the names suggest periods, the body is centered in certain types of activities during that period. The cells of the human body are working on eliminating waste products and toxins during the early hours of the day. The body then changes gears and focuses on digesting the late morning until evening. Early...

All You Need to Know About the Fiber

All You Need to Know About the Fiber - Raw foods, so fruits and vegetables, provide high amounts of fiber. We've all heard of the benefits of fiber keeps the digestive system moving, preventing certain illnesses such as cancer and keeps weight under control. The recommended intake of fiber is 25 grams per day, which must come from at least 5 different portions of fruit and vegetables as well as 6 servings of grain products - half of which should be whole grain. There are two types of fiber found in raw foods: soluble and insoluble fiber. It is...

Get the Vitamins and Minerals From Raw Foods

Get the Vitamins and Minerals From Raw Foods - Everyone knows that fruits and vegetables are high in minerals and vitamins. However, raw foods have a higher content than cooked food. The heat during the cooking process damages the vitamins and minerals and kills the natural enzymes. With the bad press that multi-vitamins have recently achieved, we must explore all possible areas to meet our requirements for vitamins and minerals play naturally. The following is a list of raw foods that contain a good amount of some key nutrients our body needs...

Improve Your Colon Health With Raw Food

Improve Your Colon Health With Raw Food - The medical community has reached a consensus that the majority of body ailments and diseases originate in the colon. If digestive waste is not eliminated within a short time from the body becomes toxic. The body continues to absorb nutrients and waste toxins. The colon acidity level also changes to encourage microbes begin to release carcinogens, eventually leading to colon cancer.  Colon cancer is the third most common form of cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer death in the...

Benefits Of a Good Breakfast

Benefits Of a Good Breakfast - There is now enough medical research that has been published to show that a big breakfast is the way to go - not just when you're trying to lose weight, but as a general practice of life. Here are the 3 reasons why a big breakfast is good for you:  Benefits Of a Good Breakfast Feed your body and brain-Most people concentrate their calories at dinner. It makes no sense to feed until late at night, when you are not working the next number, and when you can not only burn calories, right? So change everything...

Fighting Disease With Breakfast

Fighting Disease With Breakfast - As a society, we focus so much on measures to stay healthy. We loaded in multivitamins, pay attention to personal hygiene, and even sign up for gym memberships with the hope that we will be motivated to work regularly. Turns out one of the simplest preventive measures we can take to do in the house right at the start of each day.  Regularly eating breakfast may help reduce the risk of the syndrome of insulin resistance, diabetes and coronary heart disease by 35% to 50% compared to the odds if you skip...