My raw foods diet

I am so very excited.  I have been on a raw foods diet now for going on two weeks now.  I have to tell you that I can honestly say that I can’t recall ever feeling this good in my adult life.  I remember feeling something like this when I was a kid.  But that was probably because my mom was in control of my diet.  I was raised a vegetarian, so this really should come naturally to me.  But it doesn’t any more.  I contaminated my body with all the processed and unnatural foods that have become common place in our country.  I joined the millions of Americans who are eating poorly.

It’s funny how it’s not until you are faced with decisions of your own personal health, that you look back and appreciate what your parents did.  Or at least that’s how I’m feeling now.  I find it most interesting that I was basically raised on a raw foods diet until I reached high school.  My mom gave me the power of choice over my nutrition at that time.  I am still kicking myself for the first whoper that I ate. 

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that eating meat is wrong.  Some people are fine with it and it works for them, while for other people it’s not a good idea.  I am one of those people who should really only eat meat almost never.  So it was a bad idea for me to introduce meat into my system, a very bad idea.  So it seems that after all these years, I’ve decided that the best diet for me would be the raw foods one. See more raw foods diet information here.

Now bear in mind that just because it’s a raw foods diet doesn’t mean that everything you eat is raw.  I have the luxury of eating some cooked foods.  Of course it’s only a slight amount of cooked food, basically about 20 to 15% cooked if that much.  No I’m not a vegan, where they eat only raw foods, 100% raw foods.  I’m not there yet, and maybe I’ll get there, I’m not sure.  I must admit that while I enjoy my raw foods diet now I do enjoy eating a few cooked items every now and then. 

Do I miss some of those processed foods every now and then?  Yes I do, but the beauty of the raw foods diet is that there are so many natural foods out there that I can eat.  And those foods are better than the processed ones.  I’m a work in progress though, and I’m feeling great about it.  I’m sure I’ll have more to share soon enough.  In the meantime, good eating to all.  Go here for additional  raw foods diet information.

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