LoveRays.com brings you three of the best Loving Raw Publications from world-famous author, motivational speaker, and weight loss professional, Philip McCluskey. After losing more than 215 pounds on a raw food diet (going from a sluggish 400 pounds to an energetic and vibrant 185 pounds) and improving various aspects of his life, Philip decided to share raw food recipes and tips with the world through his first best-selling book “Raw Food, Fast Food” in 2009.
Since then Philip has become a renowned motivational speaker, making many notable guest appearances on prominent talk shows like the Oprah Winfrey show. He often notes how switching to a raw food lifestyle in 2006 has not only improved his physical health, but has also given him the confidence and energy needed to perform weight loss and raw food lectures around the world on a regular basis.
What Are the Main Benefits of a Raw Food Diet?
Studies have shown that people that eat a lot of processed foods may be more susceptible to becoming sick because malnourishment in their diet depresses their immune system and leaves them vulnerable to the flu, common colds, and infections. Lack of proper nutrition also causes detrimental physical effects like dry skin, dull hair and nails, and of course weight gain. In fact, the food you consume affects nearly every aspect of your life in ways that often go overlooked. A raw food diet can provide all of the following benefits:
Health Maintenance
Studies have also shown that vegetarians and people that eat raw foods are up to 70% less likely to contract any form of chronic disease during their lifetime. If you are an athlete, personal trainer, or simply would like to stay in great physical shape, a raw food diet can deliver the nutrients needed to facilitate muscle repair and growth, and prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.
Healing
Since your body’s digestive system is able to break down raw foods more efficiently than cooked foods, it has to work less to digest a meal, so you’re able to absorb more nutrients, eliminate toxins more easily, and expend energy on healing rather than digestion. Raw foods provide the vitamins, minerals, proteins, and essential nutrients needed to ensure optimal immune function and assist your body in fending off and eradicating infectious bacteria, viruses, and cancers of all kinds.
Weight Loss
Combining a raw food diet with exercise is undoubtedly the quickest, safest, and easiest way to lose weight because you don’t have to worry about carbohydrate or calorie counting, purchasing specific shakes or diet products, or following strict guidelines that are often difficult to adhere to. Instead, you can prepare a plethora of delicacies and meals using any type of fruit, vegetable, legume, nut, or grain.
Improved Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing
Many people don’t know that simply thinking consumes as many carbohydrates and as much energy as walking or even jogging in some cases. Consuming raw foods is the most efficient way to deliver all of the nutrients needed for optimal mental function, including energizing natural sugars and vitamins that improve sleep recovery and decrease stress.
Many people report having a very peaceful and serene state of mind after just a couple of weeks of switching to a raw food diet. Combining a raw food diet with some form of meditation, exercise, or hobby can help you overcome all sorts of psychological and emotional disorders or problems.
Sustainability
One advanced aspect of the raw food lifestyle is growing your own food, which provides a far more sustainable diet than depending on supermarkets for conventionally produced raw foods that are typically contaminated with pesticides. Not only can you save money by having your own garden full of raw foods, you can also ensure that you have access to optimal nutrition year after year, regardless of your financial situation.
Do You Have to Give Up Your Favorite Foods?
No. Although switching to a 100% raw diet will provide the fastest results, you can still lose a lot of weight quickly by switching to a 50 to 70% raw diet. In fact, the Raw Food, Fast Food book was written specifically to provide quick and easy recipes for meals and snacks that would otherwise seem taboo in a raw food diet, such as ice cream sundaes, brownies, chocolate bars, and even flavorful five course meals – all using raw alternatives. There are even recipes for raw soups, burgers, smoothies, fruit salads, and delectable desserts.
Contrary to popular misconception, raw foods are the most flavorful and diverse food group, and most people that convert to a raw diet are surprised to discover that their new all-natural alternatives are far more delicious than their previous unhealthy favorites. Imagine a chocolate bar made primarily of actual cocoa and milk instead of emulsifiers, artificial flavors and milk fats.
3 Raw Food Books
LoveRays.com lets you purchase ‘Raw Food Fast Food‘ and ‘Raw Food Salad Bar‘ for only $17.97 each, and ‘Raw Food Juice Bar‘ for only $15.97. You also have the option to purchase all three together for only $45.97 (the best value). The following are the summaries of each book:
Raw Food Fast Food
Raw Food Fast Food is a 100-page book containing more than 50 recipes, all of which can be made in about 2 to 15 minutes depending on your culinary skill. Within the book there are 10 appetizer recipes, 11 smoothie and tea recipes, 7 salad recipes, 6 soup recipes, and 11 entrée recipes. Since many people have the negative misconception that raw foods take a lot of effort and time to prepare, the main purpose of this book is to dispel that myth by showing you how to make fast, nutritious meals.
Raw Food Salad Bar
Raw Food Salad Bar is a 124-page book that contains about 80 amazing salad recipes. Within the book are 27 soup recipes, 12 fruit salad recipes, and 40 vegetable salad recipes. This book also contains a bonus guide to creating your own unique soups and salads, so you can begin mixing various components of different salads to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece or illustrious salad bars for friends and family.
Raw Food Juice Bar
Raw Food Juice Bar shows you how to make 31 different types of raw food juices that consist of a variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices. Juice fasting is been shown to be incredibly effective at eliminating toxins, boosting immune function, facilitating weight loss, and improving healing from nearly all diseases. Regardless of whether you would like to enjoy raw juices along with your meals, or are interested in a complete juice fast, Raw Food Juice Bar gives you the tips and recipes needed to create delicious juices from scratch.
