Losing weight doesn’t have to be boring when you focus on living foods. Eating a variety of colorful foods naturally leads to balanced and healthy meals with plenty of fresh, raw ingredients.
What are living foods? They are re live, colourful, fresh and raw – fruits, vegetables and salads!
Let’s Look At The Positives
1. Naturally colorful foods contain no preservatives or artificial coloring.
2. Provide an abundance of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fibre, water and trace elements.
3. Have a high water content – an excellent source of hydration for the body.
4. Are visually appetising.
5. The firm texture encourages slower eating and promotes a feeling of fullness.
6. Are quickly and easily processed and assimilated by the body – less work for the digestive system.
7. Are safer with a lower content of unwanted artificial chemicals.
8. Are natural, unlike processed fast food.
9. Are pure energy – living food.
Consuming Cooked Foods
1. Cooking can deplete the essential nutrients in colorful foods, sometimes leaving them with little nutritional value.
2. The effectiveness of fibre in cooked fresh foods is reduced – vegetables that are floppy and overcooked pass through the body with a reduced ‘cleansing’ action.
3. If you cook vegetables, always steam them lightly and aim to retain their ‘crunch’!
4. Cooked vegetables are softer, requiring less chewing, leading to faster consumption and less satiety.
5. Heat also destroys the enzymes in fresh foods, which are essential for digestion. This means the body has to tap into its own precious supply of enzymes to support the digestive process.
6. Heat also destroys the enzymes in fresh foods, which are essential for digestion. This means the body has to tap into its own precious supply of enzymes to support the digestive process.