Have you every felt that you were being scrutinized for your eating habits by the media and advertising on what you should or should not be eating? The decisions on what we eat are mostly unhealthy but our minds tells us that it tastes wonderful which makes it’s hard to crack the habit. What then happens all to often is our health takes a nosedive as we are not willing or able to adjust our diet and exercise.

Two things that have are an integral part of our nutrition are physical fitness and our emotions. Each plays a roll in how our body takes in and processes food after we eat. When people get some bad news most suddenly loose their willingness to eat. Our emotions clearly play an important roll in our ability to assimilate food. Our overall health is very dependent upon it.

If your a beginner or a practiced raw food dieter this article may help steer you in an ever more clear path towards your overall health. Below are some thing to think about

1. Cravings

Craving foods that are processed and cooked is a normal experience as you move towards a raw food diet. The cravings, while perfectly normal, seem to never go away

In has been my experience that there are two reasons for our cravings: our nutritional and emotional responses.

Addressing the nutritional points are fairly simple: You’ll continue to have cravings for processed cooked foods if you fail to get into a routine of eating your fruits and veggies.

The toughest part of trying to get enough minerals from your veggies while not taking in too much fat from all the fruit.

A low fat diet is always the best way to steer you away from the cravings. While we unknowingly like fat it also increases our cravings. A nutritional and healthy path is always the best defense against the feared “cravings”.

Remembering that men and women both have different caloric requirements is key. Men who are fit take in 2500 to 3000 and a fit woman 1800 to 2500 calories per day. Carefully measuring how many fruits and vegetables can be made easier by visiting www.fitday.com which can show you what your daily intake should be.

2. A fitness program should be a continuing process

It’s worthwhile to ponder that even though a person you know may be physically fit they can also be unhealthy (think of all the athletes who died of a heart attack!), it’s *not* possible for them to be physically healthy without being physically fit.

You may think that you are healthy just because you are watching what you eat. You must also include a regimented fat intake and exercise routine in order to truly be healthy.

People who are physically fit not only digest their food better, the whole process of nutrition is dramatically improved with an improved fitness program. This means the food you eat will be assimilated better, you’re blood sugar will be more under control, and numerous other health advantages.

Our weaknesses are always the hardest to tackle as we move towards our fitness goal. Working on these weaknesses first makes the rest of the journey easier. Staying physically fit has always been the challenge.

3. Eating fruit before every meal is ideal

Making the move to a raw food diet can be made easier by including fruit first in your diet before each meal. Including fruit when you get hungry before linch and dinner will reduce the amount of food you eat during your regular meal. Eat as much fruit as you feel comfortable with for the best benefit.

When you’re making the move to a raw food diet make sure and include fruit at the beginning of every meal like we mentioned earlier. Did you get in trouble when you were a kid for eating fruit before a meal? Now that we’re grown up we need to change our eating habits by satisfying our sweet tooth’s with fruit which will curb our craving.

4. Including Whole Grain in Your Diet

Your focus should be to pursue eating 100% whole grains because our bodies convert the sugar in these rich carbohydrate sources at a slow rate which keeps our bodies energized longer than simple sugars. The fiber contained in these grains will help you to quickly flush and eliminate toxic waste that forms in the body and the grains themselves are loaded with antioxidants much needed by our bodies. This is the type of diet that our ancient ancestors consumed who felt and stayed looking young and working hard long into their senior years. Health food experts around the globe have stated for years the benefits of a diet that is high in whole grains and the ever growing evidence has become overwhelming. Whole grains are the best way to get complex carbohydrates during your daily routine.

You can either take the next 2 to 20 years to get your health in check or you can take a little time and do it in the next 2 months. You can’t argue the health benefits of a raw food diet.

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