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I don’t know about you, but I think it would be very difficult to eat just a “raw food diet” Although there are MANY people who swear by it and profess it’s the best thing since sliced bread — oops — can’t eat that it’s not raw

The reasoning behind a raw food diet is, it is believed that once food is cooked above 116 degrees, the food’s enzymes and nutrients are destroyed. They believe eating “living” raw foods harnesses the plants’ energy.

Now, there are some people who are 100% dedicated to a raw food diet. My husband’s friend, James’ father and mother went 100% on a raw food diet several years ago. They “juiced” everything. This was when his father was diagnosed with very HIGH cholesterol & plak in his blood.

After the year was up, blood tests revealed his cholesterol was down and plak gone. So, it may seem extreme to go this route, yet for the father, it saved him from something even more extreme — surgery and prescription drugs. After the year was over, the father and mother slowly added cooked (healthy) foods back into their diet.

Others may use a raw diet for a specific period of time to lose weight. In addition, many people combine a raw food diet with a healthy diet (balanced, low fat, low carbs), eating raw foods only on certain days of the week.

Many people do find using a raw food diet for weight loss a very successful route. The food is plentiful, with easy to find fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. There are several new cookbooks (I guess you should call them recipe books) available with delicious recipes too. If you are a bit imaginative in how you eat the foods and you get a good variety of different meals, you may have a better feeling of “fullness.”

There are even restaurants now dedicated to the raw food diet.

I have read that if you decide to go the raw food diet route, though, it should be done gradually. It could be too much of a “shock” to your system.

If you are interested in using a raw food diet to lose weight, you may wish to visit this fellow’s blog. He is blogging about his experience in shedding pounds on this diet — Fat Kid Suit.

Would you consider losing weight with a raw food diet, have you ever tried it? Let us know below …