Hi Rose!  I agree that caloric restriction is a reasonable diet modification.  I don’t count calories, but the pricinples about eating clean healthy food are legit.

80% of my diet was raw fruits and vegetables. The only cooked food I ate was stuff like sweet potatoes, organic brown rice, and quinoa.  And some vegetables like asparagus, spinach, zucchini, squash, and eggplant.

If I could stress one thing above all else it’s that health is so much more important than weight.  If you focus on eating the healthiest diet on the planet you will lose weight in the process.

The amazing thing about The Raw Diet is you can stuff yourself with fruits and vegetables everyday and still lose weight, because you are eating nutrient dense, water-rich foods with low calorie counts.

Concentrated processed sugars and carbs are what get you: Breads, pasta, white potatoes, corn and of course junk foods.  They cause an insulin release which tells your body to store the excess sugars you just ate as fat.  When you cut sugar and carbs out of your diet, your body will convert to burning stored fat for energy.  It’s that simple. 

(Note: The sugar in fruit is absorbed slowly and does not trigger fat storage)

I written detailed posts about what I ate every day with cancer and still eat now.

Three super-easy super-healthy diet changes you can make are:

Juicing every day.  It curbs your appetite and delivers concentrated nutrients to your cells.

Giant Salads fill you up and give you the wide variety of raw vitamins minerals and nutrients that you aren’t getting enough of.

Coconut Fruit Smoothies made from coconut milk and packed with more nutrients and anti-oxidants from berries.

Click the links for details/recipes n stuff.

Two awesome books on the subject are God’s Way To Ultimate Health and The Maker’s Diet  

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