As you guessed, all this is possible with the help of a raw food diet. Yesterday we talked about ways to lose weight. We decided what is the best. And today you will find out whether it is realistic to lose weight with the help of a raw food diet, by how much, and how quickly the extra pounds will go away.
Is it possible to lose weight on a raw food diet and by how much? - This is a fairly pressing question that beginner raw foodists ask me.
Those who have already switched to CE know the answer to this question, but newcomers do not know, they are very worried about it. Friends, now I will answer you in detail. Read the article to the end and you will learn the truth about losing weight on a raw food diet from a person who himself has such experience.
Is it possible to lose weight on a raw food diet?
Modern man eats too much and moves little, which is why he gets sick a lot and is overweight. Now many people are switching to live food for various reasons. According to my observations, one of the common reasons is weight loss.
Will a raw food diet help you lose weight? The practice of many raw foodists, including myself, shows that this is a common thing - by switching to a raw food diet, you lose weight without any special effort. With the right approach, extra pounds will go away almost by themselves and painlessly.
In fact, there is nothing surprising here. Losing weight on a raw food diet is a natural and normal reaction of the body. Receiving high-quality food, the body switches from the process of “shoving excess into the tissues” to cleansing processes.
That is, on a live diet, everything unnecessary and unnecessary for the body is removed, including fat deposits. All the rubbish accumulated over many years of unnatural high-calorie nutrition with unhealthy foods goes away: sausage, cakes, dumplings, pasta, etc.
Live raw food is easily digested through autolysis (almost self-digestion). Unlike boiled meat, it does not take up a lot of energy for its digestion and does not clog blood vessels and tissues with poisons and toxins.
Live food, on the contrary, cleanses the body of unnecessary things. Therefore, losing weight on a raw food diet is possible, and even easy. None of the diets can give such results.
Transition from theory to practice
The principle of a raw food diet involves, first of all, improving the health of the body, and then normalizing weight. Judging by the reviews of those who have practiced this method, weight loss occurs on its own, regardless of a person’s desire or reluctance. Those who are underweight or normal weight note that their kilograms remain the same and they do not experience weight loss. All followers of the raw food diet note that the most difficult process is the transition from the usual diet to a dietary one. The first problem in this case is the psychological attitude, which is based on a vague statement of goals and plans. The second problem is the complete lack of experience in practicing the raw food diet system for weight loss. The photo of the pyramid with permitted products located below will help in these cases to form the correct motivation and idea of the patient’s eating pattern for the next few weeks.
Why do people lose weight on a raw food diet?
Natural human nutrition
I have already talked about natural human nutrition. Plants are our natural food. A raw food diet is natural, as intended by nature itself.
A person is naturally characterized by some slimness. But overweight, especially obesity, is a disease, a serious disorder. And with a raw food diet you can cure this, that is, lose weight, return to your normal weight intended by nature.
Live plant food
Raw foodists eat plants in their raw form: fruits, vegetables, herbs, seeds, nuts. This is how nature intended. Plants contain everything we need for normal life: proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, micro- and macroelements, etc.
The raw foodist receives everything in its original form. Plants accumulate solar energy and useful substances from the soil and transfer it all to us.
On a traditional diet, the opposite is true. During heat treatment, products lose most of their beneficial properties, useful substances are lost, and in many cases even harmful substances and carcinogens appear.
As a result, harmful substances entering the body are deposited throughout the body, excess weight appears, and over time, obesity. Guys, is this normal, is this how nature intended?
Excellent easy digestion
Friends, think for yourself. Where will the load on digestion be greater: with a traditional diet or a raw food diet? The answer is obvious. Raw food is lighter and digests faster. The load is reduced not only on the gastrointestinal tract, but also on the excretory system.
When eating boiled food, especially meat, processes of rotting and decomposition occur in the intestines. Food remains in the gastrointestinal tract for a long time, toxic substances are formed, and the body is poisoned by decay products. Hence such unpleasant smelly farts, which are not typical on a competent raw food diet.
By consuming raw plant foods, such processes do not form in the human intestines. Food is digested many times faster without clogging the body.
Minimum calories and fat
Boiled food, meat, animal fats are very high in calories. Plant foods are the opposite. Raw food contains a minimum of fats, and light fats that are quickly digested naturally.
Guys, compare the calorie content of raw food salads and the calorie content of meat side dishes. You can clearly see the calorie content of raw food products in this table.
Contraindications
If you listen to the opinion of doctors, you can name the main contraindications:
- pregnancy and lactation (the fetus and newborn child should receive a complete set of vitamins and microelements);
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (ulcers, colitis, pancreatitis);
- weakened immunity.
However, each of these prohibitions is controversial; women bear, give birth and feed children, being adherents of a raw food diet; There are stories when gastrointestinal diseases were overcome precisely with the help of this style of nutrition. Internal confidence and the right attitude are very important.
How much weight can you lose on a raw food diet and how quickly?
Losing weight on a raw food diet is an individual process. It all depends on the amount of excess weight, the speed of metabolic reactions in the body, the constitution of the body, health status, the correctness of the raw food diet, etc. But in any case, there will definitely be a positive result. 100% guarantee.
I communicate with a lot of raw foodists and don’t know anyone who couldn’t lose weight with a raw food diet. Even with a not entirely wrong approach, failures, people lose extra pounds - this is a fact.
What results can you expect, how much weight can you lose? Someone is quite thin, has only 5 kg of excess weight, he leaves. Someone has more excess weight, for example, loses 10-20 kg. There are also blog readers who have lost 30-40-50 kg. Read the comments on the blog, those who have lost weight leave their reviews.
On the Internet you can easily find and watch many videos from ordinary people who have lost weight using a raw food diet. I myself lost 18 kg. And at the same time, no problems with sagging skin. See the results of losing weight on a raw food diet before and after photos:
The speed of weight loss can also be different depending on certain factors. For example, in the first 4 days of a raw food diet, I lost 8 kg, and this without any physical activity.
How much weight have you lost using a raw food diet? Write about it in the comments.
Will I turn into a piece of wood?
I know that many are afraid of turning into a piece of paper by losing weight on a raw food diet. After all, it often happens that a person has lost excess weight with the help of raw food, but continues to lose weight turning into a skeleton.
Friends, with the RIGHT approach you will achieve a constant weight. For example, my natural weight is 69 kg. It lasts for a long time and varies within a few kilograms depending on the time of year and the intensity of sports activities.
Your body will determine your final weight. On a raw food diet, you will look slim, but not skinny.
If you are excessively thin on CE, you are 100% doing something wrong. It’s very individual, there are different aspects ranging from the genetically determined constitution of the body to banal mistakes in the diet. Therefore, we analyze each person’s problem personally.
Nutritionist opinion
Many nutritionists do not support avoiding meat. But, for example, doctors allow vegetarianism with certain reservations:
- Temporary refusal of certain products;
- Ovo-vegetarianism (eggs remain on the menu);
- Lacto-vegetarianism (the diet includes all dairy products - milk, cheese, cottage cheese, etc.);
- Ovo-lacto-vegetarianism (mixed type).
Doctors do not categorically support a permanent strict raw food diet..
Chief physician of the healthy nutrition clinic “Weight Factor”, candidate of medical sciences Marina Kopytko says:
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“A strict raw food diet, as an offshoot of vegetarianism, can be used as a fasting diet. When a person wants to cleanse the body, after winter, during which we mainly eat animal food and often simply overeat. The best option is to give up meat for 1-3, maximum 5-7 days.”
Any of you will tell me that meat in supermarkets is now stuffed with various hormones and antibiotics, and animals are fed low-quality food. And I absolutely agree with you. But even from this situation you can find a way out. Find a reputable meat supplier and that will solve the problem. It is necessary to eat meat, but such meat must be beneficial for our body.
Scientific research
In the scientific literature there are about 25 works devoted to the results obtained during research on raw food diets. Most of them (15) were carried out in Finland, others in Holland, Germany and the States.
The most extensive studies were carried out:
- at the German Institute of Human Nutrition;
- American Nutrition Association (2001);
- Finnish scientists in 1998.
Results showing the benefits of a raw food diet:
- significant weight loss;
- decreased blood pressure;
- reduction of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia;
- optimal blood serum concentration;
- cholesterol reduction;
- improvement of intestinal microflora;
- reducing the risk of developing cancer;
- beneficial effect on biochemical health indicators (urine and blood tests);
- improving quality of life.
Results confirming the harm of a raw food diet:
- deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, protein, phosphorus, zinc and sodium;
- destruction of tooth enamel;
- 20% of subjects had to refuse to participate in the study due to severe side effects - nausea and diarrhea;
- development of partial or complete amenorrhea.
Based on research, the British Institute of Nutrition strongly advises against a raw food diet for children, as it can lead to irreversible health complications and impair their quality of life in the future.
Here are the facts obtained through scientific research. True, some of them are criticized and require additional confirmation.
Video
Oatmeal breakfast
We will need:
- A handful of oatmeal
- 1 banana
- 1 apple
- 2 tsp flaxseeds
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Milk
Soak flaxseeds overnight. In the morning, cut the peeled banana and apple (don’t forget to remove the middle), put it in a blender and grind it together with the seeds. Pour oatmeal with milk at room temperature or slightly higher (up to 40 degrees C) so that it covers the flakes, but not higher. After 5 minutes, add the mixture from the blender to the cereal, sprinkle with cinnamon, and mix.
A simple and easy recipe - one of the popular ones on the raw food diet menu for weight loss. Required:
- 1 avocado
- 2 medium sized apples
- Low-fat yogurt without flavoring. Can be replaced with regular water
Peel the fruit and remove the core. Cut it finely and fill it with yogurt. Beat with a mixer.
This salad, due to the presence of a small amount of vegetable oil in it, is rich in vitamin E. You will need:
- ¼ medium head of cabbage
- 1 carrot
- 1 avocado
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tsp grain mustard
- 1 tbsp. any vegetable oil
Shred the cabbage and grate the carrots as for a regular salad. For dressing: peel the avocado, mash with a fork, add lemon juice and vegetable oil. We can use a blender to obtain the desired consistency. Season the resulting mixture with grated cabbage and carrots, add grain mustard.
This salad is a good source of vitamin C. Ingredients:
- 100 g seaweed (uncanned)
- 50 g radish
- 1 small bell pepper
- 1 cucumber
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
Finely chop the pepper and cucumber, three radishes on a medium grater. We wash and chop the seaweed to make it convenient to eat. Combine the components, add vegetable oil, mix. If you wish, you can add a little pepper.
