Eating tips for Healthy Travel 1. Pack snacks for the road - whether I am traveling in a car or in a plane I am never sure where my next snack will come from so I always pack my backpack with some fruit. I have always worried about this when going through security at the airport but fact is I have never been stopped so it seems to be ok to bring some fruit. 2. Water not Soda - It is very easy to drink some soda or juice and I know that this will happen when I travel so I always stop at a … [Read more...] about Tips for Healthy Travel

I am not too sure how good a 10 day diet is but thought I would post this diet that seems to be making it's rounds on the internet. What do you think? Has this or anything like it worked for you in the past? Just a note from me is that I think that this is a very short term diet, very high in veggie type vitamins and high water foods and very low calories. As they say in the end this is more like fasting more often then not and one more thing, I am not sure about so much coffee. Coffee … [Read more...] about What The Heck Is The 10 Day Miracle Diet?

It is not as easy to buy raw food as you might think when you start out on a raw food diet. Many items on the supermarket shelves appear raw when really they are not. Some, like cashews and many other nuts, may even be labeled raw when in fact they have been subjected to very high temperatures in the process of extracting them from their shells. Buying Raw Food Online? The good news is that it is possible to obtain many of these items in their truly raw form. You may find some things in … [Read more...] about Where To Buy Raw Food

If you want to rejuvenate, find new energy and bring a sense of well being into your life, plus lose a few pounds, what better way than through undertaking a raw food cleanse? How good is a Raw Food Cleanse? Raw food is almost always healthier than the foods that most of us are choosing every day. If you eat only fresh, unprocessed foods, you will automatically cut out all refined sugars and flours and most fatty foods. During a raw cleanse, you will eat very simply and your body will thank … [Read more...] about Raw Food Cleanse: Guidance For A 10 Day Cleanse

If you want to lose weight in a healthy way, then it might be time to look at raw food diet loss plans. Supporters of raw food diet loss programs say that it is virtually impossible to gain on a raw food diet, especially if you are overweight to begin. For that reason there is no particular food plan to follow when you go raw. The only rule is that you do not eat anything that has been cooked or processed using heat over 115 degrees Fahrenheit. This automatically rules out almost … [Read more...] about Raw Food Diet And Weight Loss

When you gain so much and you want to lose some, you might think that it is not an easy thing to do. There are so many ways to lose but do you really know the most effective way? Juicing for loss has been around for years and has been widely discussed in magazines, the internet, and other forms of media. Vegetables are known to be a very healthy and detoxifying food. Many people use vegetable juices to detoxify and help then in their loss journey. Several research studies show that … [Read more...] about Vegetable Juicing For Weight Loss

There is lots of confusion about bacteria in our body and what is good bacteria. We all seem to avoid bacteria in our lives and this is usually a good idea although it is also good to make sure that we are not being crazy avoiding bad bacteria. There is also another type of bacteria, good bacteria and some people call this probiotic, that is a great thing for your body. Quite often before people go away on holidays to Mexico they will take good bacteria like Acidophilus. Also many people … [Read more...] about What is Good Bacteria?

Using Juice Cleansing for Weight Loss can help you achieve your goals in a variety of ways. It can reduce cravings, jumpstart your metabolism, support your bodys fat-burning processes, reduce your bodys acidity, and detoxify your fat cells. The modern diet is lacking in many of the nutrients that our bodies desperately need. That is why we have so many cravings as our body attempts to take in the nutrients it needs. Oftentimes we crave for sweets and we tend to eat larger portions. This is … [Read more...] about Juice Cleansing for Weight Loss

Aloe Vera And Its Benefits Aloe Vera is a medicinal plant known for its cosmetic and therapeutic purposes. It"s widely cultivated and used as an alternative cure for different health conditions. Aloe Vera is commonly used for the following purposes: It is used as an additional ingredient in lotions and body creams because of its soothing and moisturizing effects. Aloe vera is added to face creams and gels because it is rich in Vitamins C and E which are known as potent antioxidants that … [Read more...] about Aloe Vera Juice for Weight Loss

There are plenty of companies offering some type of raw food bar that you can buy. You can either order on the internet or find them at your local health food store. However, you might wonder whether they are really raw. How could raw foods last so long and be a commercial proposition? How Raw is Your Raw Food Bar? In many cases, if you look at the fine print on a raw food bar or on the company websites, you will see that in fact very few, if any, of these vegan snack bars are truly raw. … [Read more...] about Is A Raw Food Bar Really Raw?

I have often heard it said that any diet will work as long as you follow it for long enough. This tends to be true of some diets that force your body to change it's metabolism, drop insulin levels, or even just confuse your body into thinking that it is not starving while you eat less. With so many fantastic diet claims out there, it can be difficult to determine which diets work and which ones are just a waste of time and money. Which diet is right for you? 7 Diet Examples and Why They … [Read more...] about The Truth About Dieters’ 7 Favorite Diets

A lot of juice fasting recipes are available on different online sites as well as in published cook books. Juice fasting recipes aim to help you on your journey as you engage yourself in a detoxifying process for a healthier body. To start off, you need to know the basic procedures as well as the necessary equipment needed in order to make delicious and healthy fruit and vegetable juice right in the comforts of your own home. Here is a list of some of the things you will need before … [Read more...] about Juice Fasting Recipes

Avoiding dangerous raw foods is not difficult if you are careful. A raw foods diet is probably one of the healthiest diets that a person can follow, but like all restrictive diets, it has its dangers. In this article we will consider some of those dangers and how to avoid them. You can avoid most risk of food poisoning on a raw foods diet by following the raw vegan version which avoids all of these foods. However, that has its own challenges - see the section on vitamin B12 below. Avoiding … [Read more...] about Avoiding Dangerous Raw Foods