The natural diet is also known as a raw food diet. In this diet the only foods you eat are uncooked and unprocessed plant foods, such as nuts, fresh fruit, sprouts, vegetables, dried fruit, seeds, beans, grains and seaweed. About 75% of all of the foods you eats should be live foods or raw foods.
The idea behind the natural diet is that if you cook food above 116 degrees Fahrenheit the enzymes in the food that help you digest the food are destroyed. Heat also will decrease the nutritional value of the food as well as the “life force” of the food.
Those that use the natural diet do so because they feel that it helps their heart, helps with digestion, improves their skin, helps with weight loss and gives them increased energy. Raw foods do not contain any of the bad fats such as saturated and Trans fat that can be quite damaging to their health.
Some of the foods you can eat in the natural diet include purified water, unprocessed natural foods, dried fruit, grains, seeds, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, young coconut milk, juiced vegetables, juiced fruits, seaweed, legumes, beans and nuts. These foods should all be eaten raw and it is best if they are organically grown.
You can use some cooking techniques to help make some of the raw foods more palatable and easier to digest. Instead of eating the vegetables and fruits whole then you can juice them. Nuts and dried fruit can be soaked. Grains, seeds and beans can be sprouted and most foods can be blended and dehydrated.
There are a few known side effects. Many people have a reaction much like they are detoxifying their body. So when switching diets so dramatically you may experience food cravings or withdrawal symptoms. Some symptoms include nausea, cravings and mild headaches but these will only last for a few days.
