| Learn how to transition to a healthy diet now | | | | "Instant Raw Sensations" is just about that: |
| (Part 1). In this article, I'm going to go | | | | ) |
| back to some basics. I will be giving you | | | | |
| specific, concrete action steps you can take | | | | Ideally, I'd like you to know: |
| right now to transition to a healthy, | | | | |
| hopefully raw or mostly raw diet. Even if | | | | About 2 dressings |
| you're a seasoned raw-foodist, I'm sure you | | | | |
| will find some key insights in this article | | | | About 2 great salads |
| that will help you refine your diet and | | | | |
| improve your program. These steps are in no | | | | 2-3 smoothies you really enjoy |
| particular order. | | | | |
| | | | 1-2 more gourmet recipes |
| STEP #1 - *Workout and Exercise* | | | | |
| | | | Those 7 or 10 recipes should be things you |
| It's not possible to be healthy without being | | | | can make often, with ingredients that are |
| fit. We know that, at least intuitively, even | | | | easy to find, and some of them should have an |
| if we tend to forget the importance of | | | | instant appeal to your friends and family. |
| fitness in a healthy lifestyle, by focusing | | | | |
| too much on the importance of diet. | | | | You'll find that once you know what those |
| | | | recipes are, and you can make them without |
| But more importantly, your physical condition | | | | opening a book, that you'll be wondering a |
| has a major impact on your digestion, | | | | lot less often "What should I be eating now?" |
| assimilation, and overall "nutrition." For | | | | |
| example, your ability to uptake sugar, called | | | | STEP #4 - *Get Rid of Cheese and Dairy* |
| "insulin sensitivity," is greatly influenced | | | | |
| by your level of fitness. | | | | Improving your diet isn't about the things |
| | | | you ADD IN. It's mostly about the things we |
| If you are sedentary, insulin sensitivity is | | | | LEAVE OUT. I know this reality is hard to |
| greatly reduced. Therefore, sugar is not | | | | take, but even if you eat all these fruits |
| carried as rapidly as it should to the cells. | | | | and vegetables, drink those fresh juices and |
| This can lead to or worsen blood sugar | | | | make those huge smoothies, you won't really |
| problems of all kinds. | | | | feel great until you remove those offensive |
| | | | foods from your diet that are hurting you. |
| If you've read my book "The Raw Secrets. " | | | | |
| You are aware of the importance of hunger in | | | | There's one thing you need to say goodbye to |
| health. One problem is that most people do | | | | forever, and it's milk and cheese. In a |
| not eat when they are truly hungry, and | | | | previous article, I talked about the top-5 |
| mistake "appetite" for hunger. Once they | | | | worst foods, and cheese was one of them. |
| learn how to make the distinction, they soon | | | | |
| realize that they are rarely if ever truly | | | | Really, I see it all the time. People have |
| hungry! | | | | this thing for cheese. They still eat it |
| | | | occasionally, and they still are addicted to |
| By exercising on a daily basis and eventually | | | | it. (Actually, cheese contains some compounds |
| engaging in cardio-respiratory activities | | | | in it that make it addictive for real, not |
| (jogging, cardio machines at the gym, | | | | just in your imagination). |
| cycling, etc.) every day, you will awaken | | | | |
| that forgotten sense of hunger. | | | | If there would be just one category of food |
| | | | you could remove from your diet and feel much |
| So exercise is very important, and the lack | | | | better for it, it's got to be cheese and |
| of a fitness program may be one of the | | | | milk. |
| reasons why you have difficulty eating a | | | | |
| healthy diet. | | | | STEP #5 - *Eat Fruit in the Morning or Skip |
| | | | the Morning Meal* |
| STEP #2 - *Eat Fruit Before Each Meal* | | | | |
| | | | The morning meal is the easiest to switch to |
| One of the easiest ways to transition to a | | | | raw. Most people find that once they start |
| raw-food diet is to start eating fruit before | | | | listening to their body, they are actually |
| every meal, including lunch and dinner. The | | | | not truly hungry in the morning. |
| idea is to eat fruit when you are the most | | | | |
| hungry, which is at the beginning of the | | | | I've watched how many children generally |
| meal. Eat as much fruit as you desire then, | | | | don't eat in the morning if they are left to |
| and you will find that you will eat much less | | | | themselves and not being force-fed. |
| of the meal itself! | | | | |
| | | | My suggestion is that you can skip the |
| This is what I call an "automatic transition | | | | morning meal altogether or replace it with a |
| strategy." Just start getting the raw-food in | | | | smoothie or some fruit. I know that this goes |
| by eating fruit before each meal - just what | | | | against all the advice you've heard about |
| your mom told you not to do when you were a | | | | "never skipping meals" or that "breakfast is |
| kid. But now that you're a grownup and that | | | | the most important meal of the day." What I'm |
| the Standard American Diet didn't work for | | | | telling you know is that this advice isn't |
| you, you need to go back to your natural | | | | based on any solid facts. |
| instincts and satisfy your natural sweet | | | | |
| tooth by eating as much fruit as you want | | | | The "breakfast" is when you break the "fast" |
| before every single meal. | | | | of the night, and this doesn't have to be at |
| | | | noon. In fact, the French word for breakfast |
| STEP #3 - *Learn to Make 7 Raw Food Recipes | | | | means "lunch", because for thousands of years |
| That You Enjoy* | | | | the French didn't eat in the morning. When |
| | | | they started doing so, they had to come up |
| It's been found that most people know about 7 | | | | with a new word for that meal so they called |
| to 10 good recipes very well, and just rotate | | | | it "small breakfast" (petit dejeuner). |
| them throughout the months, adding in other | | | | |
| stuff occasionally for variety. | | | | Skipping the morning meal or eating some |
| | | | fruit will help you get in touch with your |
| Or look at when you buy a recipe book. You | | | | true sense of hunger, which will make it |
| might try many recipes but eventually you'll | | | | easier to eat raw. Plus, it will be good for |
| only retain a few that you'll continue making | | | | a while to help you detox and lose some |
| for the years to come. | | | | weight (if that's an issue for you). |
| | | | |
| So what I want you to know now is to find 7 | | | | As you start exercising more, you will |
| simple raw-food recipes that you really like, | | | | eventually get hungry in the morning, believe |
| that are easy to make and that are properly | | | | me! |
| combined. (INSIDER TIP: My recipe book | | | | |