Quick Start Guide
When you're go-off a raw food repast, you often don't know where to stop at, what to take, what tools to use, what to buy and what all those novel"raw food words" means. It can all seem very fatal.
To save you time and make the method as easy as possible for you, you'll find here a step plan that will display you in 7 steps all you need to know to get started with the raw food diet. It wish make you smart quickly.
Step Plan
Step 1 - Raw Food Weight Loss, Health or Detox
First, decide on your motivation (your dream, final goal). This is important because your raw food focus will be slightly different for each of them. Usually they are:
- weight loss;
- health;
- detox.
And of course there are many other reasons such as wanting more energy, better shape, overall wellbeing, environment, etc. Focus for each motivation
Weight loss - eat alkaline, raw and super foods;
Health - eat organic, raw, vegan, alkaline and super foods;
Detox - drink alkaline vegetable juices and super foods.
Environment - eat organic, local, in season, fresh/raw (unprocessed).
What does this mean? Read further to find out what these terms and food choices mean and why they are important for raw food weight loss, health or detox.
Step 2 - Bluff Your Way Into Raw Food (Glossary)
Raw Food;
Alkaline Food;
PH Scale;
Organic;
Vegan;
Super Foods;
Blending (Smoothies);
Dehydrating;
Juicing;
Enzymes.
Step 3 - Smart Raw Food Tips
What To Eat;
Why Organic;
Why Raw;
Why Vegan;
Why Eat Alkaline;
Why Drink Pure Water;
How to get most nutrients out of your food;
Best Sources of Raw Vegan Protein;
Best Sources of Calcium, Iron, B12.
Step 4 - Efficient Raw Kitchen
Most Important Raw Food Kitchen Tools:
Cutting Board
Sharp Knifes
Hand Blender
Juicer
Go to raw food tools (description, picture and review), and
Go to how to preparation raw food.
Step 5 - Terrific Transition Tools
Few people are starting a raw food diet cold turkey. Most transition gradually. Here are tips, tools & cheat sheets to help you with the transition:
Transition Chart - Overview that shows you quickly what to replace your current (cooked) foods with
Shopping List - Check list of things to buy when you go shopping
Raw Food Meal Planner - Example menus to get you started on the raw food diet.
Step 6 - Ridiculous Recipes
Here you'll find links to the most delicious raw food recipes:
Weight Loss Recipes
Health Recipes
Detox Recipes
All Recipes
Step 7 - Outrageous Success Tips
Below are common challenges that starters of a raw food diet face, and tips how to overcome them:
Raw Food in Winter
Travel Tips
Food Cravings
"Cooked" Family members/friends
Don't know what to eat?
Top 5 Money Saving Tips
Top 5 Time Saving Tips
Food Safety
Top 3 Starters Tips So you Can Start Today!
When you're starting a raw food diet, you may not know how to begin. What can you eat? What should you buy? Should you go 100% raw or is it better to go gradually?
To make the transition to raw food easy, below you find the 3 Top Tips so you can start with raw uncooked food today.
Here are three tips and tricks to help you get started today. No excuse to delay getting healthy, slim and beautiful! Starting a raw food diet is easy:
Start Juicing
Fruit and vegetable juices will give you a jump start to the raw food diet. You feel better quickly. The juice is full of enzymes, vitamins, co-factors, life force, alkaline, organic minerals and much more. Vegetable juice boosts your energy and immune system. On this site you find free juice recipes. As well as easy to follow juicing instructions.
Eat Smarter
Add healthier foods to your diet gradually. You can try something new every day, week or month. Whatever works for you. Before you know it, you eat a large amount of your diet raw. And you feel it. Start adding these easy, mouthwatering raw food recipes or you try these super foods for quick results.
Go Organic
Start buying organic. The advantages of organic foods are ridiculous. Just this change will have a dramatic result on your health and weight loss. Begin with the top 10 organic foods.