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Raw food, when you first hear it, what comes to your mind is mostly fruits and vegetables. But that is not the case. Raw foods can come in forms of fruits and vegetables, meat, fish and cheese. Examples of these are sashimi, raw goat cheese, steak tartar, etc. These foods are already healthy but they will be healthier if they were organically grown.

What is more, they will have the same amount of nutrients they have when they were first harvested. Eating them raw, you would receive one hundred percent of the nutrients it has. When you fry, boil, grill, or cook the food in any way, the nutrients will be degraded and the enzymes that come with the food, which can help our body systems, would be destroyed. Continue Reading »

People these days are looking for fast and effective ways to lose weight. When exercising wasn’t enough, they turned to food, the main source of the problem. Although some foods make losing weight difficult, there are foods which we think cause us to gain some pounds instead of shed them. Some may surprise us.

Of course, we can’t deny the power of fruits and vegetables. Eating a meal consisting of fruits and vegetables as the majority enables you to burn 16% more calories. One of the best fruits there are is the grapefruit. Continue Reading »

You might have heard about going organic, may it be from food, beauty products and even clothing. But what is it really? Simply put, anything organic is deprived of any chemicals that can pose as potential harm to the human body and to the environment. These chemicals are used to preserve food, as fertilizers, enhance flavour, alter genetic compositions etc of plants, poultry, meat and dairy products.

Cooking releases or kills more than 50 per cent of the nutritional value of any food. So if you will eat a food raw, you are getting 100 per cent of all its nutrients to your body. Eating organic raw food is the best way to get the maximum amount of vitamins, minerals and protein to the body without any potentially harmful chemicals. A study in Europe stated that organic raw food has more than 50 per cent more anti-oxidants, which is very good for the body. Continue Reading »

The hard part about losing weight is that we try to deprive ourselves with food that we want to eat. Sometimes the food we take in may have too much calories which isn’t utilized right away by the body. As a result, the extra calories we take in are converted into fats for future use. If we perform less activities, the more likely we gain weight. To lose those unwanted pounds we have to understand how our body works so that we can maximize the food we take in.

Crash diets or starving yourself won’t help. It only slows down your metabolism which eventually slows down your body’s ability to burn calories. The technique is to make sure your metabolism stays normal and won’t slow down, then convert the extra fats into energy source so that you lose some unwanted fats. Continue Reading »

Losing weight is not easy and maintaining a healthy weight can be hard enough as is requires dedication, motivation and hard work. For all ages, weight loss is indeed a difficult process and this could be a real struggle to someone who wants to keep the pounds off forever. But by practicing some few easy changes on your eating habits and lifestyle you can get effective results on losing weight. To improve your weight well being here are some healthy weight loss tips for all ages:

1. Eat Healthy Foods. Aside from exercising, it’s also important to eat the right stuff. Eating healthy foods that are necessary to your diet will help shape your general eating habits in life. It also decreases the chance of developing serious health risks such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc. Always include in your diet good selections of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and low fat dairy. This will help you lose weight and keep it off the best way
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