Raw food diet - is to eat raw foods. The purpose of this practice can be weight loss, improved health care and the environment.

Raw food diet began in the early 19th century, when Dr. Maximilian Bircher-Benner cured at jaundice Jaundice - if the eyes are shining suspiciously Eating raw apples. Then began a series of experiments, during which studied the effect of the raw food diet on human health, and this trend has started to develop. Later, the raw food diet has received its ideological reinforcement.

Raw foodists do not prepare food that is eaten or cooked at low temperature (usually not more than 46C). Proponents of the raw food diet believe that the heat treatment of food deprives the majority of nutrients (that there is no unequivocal scientific evidence). Most people who eat such a way consume twice less calories than they consumed when fed products, which have a particular treatment.

There are several variations of the raw food diet; in most cases in this mode of power supply to the human diet 75-80; It consists of plant foods - raw or past the minimum heat treatment. Most raw foodists are also vegans (strict vegetarians), but some of them eat animal products - unpasteurized milk and a variety of products made from it, raw fish and meat. In any case, in the diet rawfoodist include many fruits, vegetables, juices of them.

Health Effects

• It is known that raw food promotes weight loss and accordingly prevents various problems associated with being overweight.
• Probably, the raw food diet helps prevent heart disease, although this effect is not scientifically proven.
• Raw food also reduces the likelihood of developing Type II diabetes.

Risks and contraindications

With raw food diet and certain associated health risks. In particular, there is a possibility when using food poisoning from unpasteurized milk, raw eggs, meat and fish.

Raw food diet is contraindicated in children and adolescents, because this diet can not provide them all necessary for normal development of nutrients. Pregnant and lactating women are also the raw food diet is not recommended. If they do not want, at least during start eating differently needs vitamin complexes Vitamin Complexes: to drink or not to drink? .

If you decide to become raw foodists, transition to a new diet gradually - during the month include in the diet of more raw fruits and vegetables and less food, thermally treated. Sticking to a raw food diet is not easy, and many people try, reject it. At first, these almost inevitable reaction from the body as flatulence, bloating Bloating - if you are bursting inside , Flatulence Flatulence - when you need to worry about? . During the first month or two, or you may feel that you will never eat their fill; your body gradually gets used to the new quantity and quality of food consumed.

Raw food diet can be an expensive pleasure. If you buy fresh fruit and vegetables available in any grocery store, buy unpasteurized milk can be quite difficult. Perhaps we should appeal to the community raw foodists (look on the internet - a lot of them in different cities), to consult about buying the right products with the like-minded.

Finally, those who choose a raw food diet, you should be prepared for the fact that in most restaurants and cafes they do not find a suitable food. This represents a special difficulty if you frequently dine with colleagues and partners in the work and / or travel a lot.

The weight of the person is constantly changing, but normally these changes are insignificant. In some people, excess weight becomes a serious problem, which leads to difficulties both physical and psychological. There are two main ways of weight loss: diet and exercise. All other means, such as diet pills and surgery do not work if the person continues to eat junk food and lead a sedentary lifestyle.

If you have a large amount of excess weight, it is strongly recommended to address with this problem to the doctor. To lose 10-15 kilos, you can manually choose a meal plan and exercise. In any case, remember - the key to successful weight loss is a permanent lifestyle change - unless, of losing weight to a desired weight, you go back to the old way of life, the results of your efforts to quickly disappear.

Dietary

Choose a suitable diet to you, based on the answers to the following questions:

• Are any diet foods from the basic food groups (in an ideal diet should include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy products, lean proteins, seeds and nuts)?
• Are any diet foods that you really enjoy (if the meal plan involves eating foods which taste does not give you the pleasure to survive on such a diet for a long time will be difficult)?
• Will you be able to buy the necessary products (on this point should be noted before choosing a variety of exotic diet)?
• It is to choose a diet to your level of income?
• Will the diet so the amount of nutrients and calories, which will allow you to lose weight effectively and safely?

When evaluating a diet, you respond negatively to any of these questions, continue to look for more suitable for you meal plan.

Physical exercise

One of the most common mistakes people wanting to lose weight, is that they focus on diet and forget about the fact that the body movement is necessary to enable it to achieve a healthy weight and keep it off. To lose weight, you need as much as possible to walk every week to devote at least 150 minutes of moderate or at least 75 minutes of intensive training. What kind of exercise to choose - it depends on your preferences and perhaps on health.

Tablets and operation

Diet pills can be taken in cases of severe obesity. Surgery is also a treatment for obesity, but in practice it can do to people with relatively little overweight. No matter which method you choose to reduce weight, after reaching the desired result you will be no less difficult task - to save it.