In this episode of the Outside Health and Fitness Podcast I’m excited to welcome Deborah Devar back to the show. As you may recall, Deborah is Holistic Health expert with over 35 years of experience. She runs the Path to Perfect health and when she was last on the show shared some amazing information about the benefits of essential oils. Today she is back to help us learn about how eating a raw food diet can have a big positive impact on our health.
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About Deborah
Deborah is amazing in fact she spent 28 years doing controlled field study and clinical research which has resulted in a wealth of information, discoveries and the formulation of essential oils that support the bodies ability to heal itself. Essential oils are amazing in their ability to help support the bodies healing process.
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What is eating raw?
When they first hear about it many people think eating raw is about eating raw and uncooked meat. It's really about eating natural and raw fruits and vegetables. Raw fruits and vegetables offer more complete nutrition that eating packaged and processed foods. Additionally, when fruits and vegetables are cooked at over 118 degrees many of the valuable enzymes and vitamins they contain are lost.Without the necessary enzymes naturally found in food we need to really more on our bodies' stores of enzymes in order to digest the food. In addition, because much of the cooked and processed food we eat is lacking the nutrition we need we eat more. As a result, our diets become a quantity vs quality situation.
How does someone incorporate a raw food diet?
Switching to a raw and all natural fruit and vegetable diet can be an adjustment for some because our digest tracts have gotten lazy. Everyone is different and coming to a raw diet from a different dietary point. If you are someone who has a lot of toxins in the body you'll want to ease into a raw food diet more slowly.
In fact, when you start a diet of raw fruits and vegetables it can result in the body detoxifying pretty quickly. The result of which can be flu like symptoms. Many people misinterpret this reaction as "getting sick" when in fact, it's the result of the detoxification.
When you consider the Standard American Diet (SAD) it's amazing how well we do on very little nutrition at all.
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What are something of the benefits people can expect from switching over to a raw food diet?
First of all more nutrients and quality nutrition for less money. It's easier because you're not needing to cook and your kitchen set up can be really simple. Your food tastes better and you feel better.Is it a hard diet to maintain?
It's not hard to stick with even if you're eating out. Most of the time you can find substitutes and if not, you can even allow yourself to consume something other than raw occasionally. Once you are eating well and providing your body with the nutrition it needs a break occasionally isn't going to hurt you.
What are the downsides to a raw food diet?
Sometimes access to organic whole foods can be a challenge. It's also important to know how the raw food you're consuming was grown. Most people will need to rely on store bought produce or produce purchased from farmer's markets. It is possible to learn to grow your own food as well. In fact, there are even techniques that will allow you to grow food year round.
Deborah's System for Cleaning and Enriching Raw Vegetables
This simple system rehydrates vegetables with 96 live electrical minerals while, at the same time kelating (or leaching out) all of the herbicides, pesticides, spray growth hormones and fungicides. It not only cleans your vegetables but it also loads them up with essential minerals at the same time.
Here's how it works:
Dissolve a quarter teaspoon of Himalayan Sea Salts or Solar Sea Salts in a kitchen sink filled with cold water. Separate your leafy greens, beet tops and herbs. You could even include carrots and apples. Soak your produce in the sink for about 20 minutes.
Fermenting
Fermenting helps to provide good bacteria and enzymes you need for good digestion. While fermenting food may sound a little scary it's important to remember that this is a process that has been used for more than 2000 years. There are plenty of information on the internet that can teach you how to ferment food safely.
[cryout-pullquote align="right" textalign="center" width="33%"] "It's not hard, it's just a transition. It's more of letting go of what you always believed a meal to be." - Deborah Devar
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What about Juicing?
You can use either a juicer or a blender (if you have a good one). It's important to go easy on the fruit because there is a bit of sugar in fruit. Deborah has some good juicing recipes on her site.
Can a Raw Food Diet be Tasty?
Raw food is a real art and with practice you can produce a wide variety of delicious dishes.
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How does someone get started?
Are there resources available? Pinterest is a great source for raw food recipes. There are also a lot of raw recipe books. There is a little bit of preparation that is required when you're planning a raw food diet.After soaking your produce in the sink store it in glass jars or bins that allow you to see what you have. Another important tip is to clean out your house of the processed and prepared foods you're working to avoid.
Chopping dry vegetables like broccoli and carrots ahead of time saves time later when preparing a meal. With some prep ahead of time it's easy to "whip" up an amazing meal in no time.
Get the entire family involved. The kids love to grow their own food, go to the market and then help prepare food for the week.
The other benefit of a raw food diet comes in the way of savings. A raw food diet could end up saving a family some significant money on a weekly basis.
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Follow Deborah " The Path to Perfect Health"Raw Food Recipes on Pinterest
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In this audio brief of my upcoming interview with Deborah Devar we talk about the cleansing and emotional impact of switching to a more raw food diet.
About Susan
People have a perception that healthy food is bland and boring but it's really not true. There are things you can do to "spice it up" and help healthy food come to life and taste great. Take those old spices down from the shelf, go buy some new ones and incorporate those into your foods. Additionally, fresh herbs and citrus flavors are great ways to add to the flavor of the healthy foods you make.
Susan's 30 Day Bikini Body Challenge can help jump start your weight- loss, fitness and healthy lifestyle. it starts with two days of fresh raw vegetables and then followed by the cleanse drinks with 25 days of a healthy eating plan. The bikini chef diet follows the challenge to become your new healthy way of life. It also includes workouts as well as healthy nutrition ideas.
The $7.00 a Meal Pressure Cooker Cookbook