Imagine this…
Vegetables are tasty, good for you, fairly low cost and are among the foods that speed up metabolism – which we feel as increased energy – but you knew that.
You’ve been trying to eat better and have more foods that speed up metabolism, so you have been eating lots of vegetables with your meals. Even so, you still barely have the energy to drag yourself through the day.
After a hard day at work, all you want to do is plant yourself in front of the television and relax until bedtime rolls around.
Then, when the alarm goes off in the morning, you still don’t feel rested and you have to literally drag yourself out of bed. The coffee pot is ALWAYS your first destination.
You could be dragging because you aren’t getting the proper nutrition. You can stop blaming your bed! It could be your veggies. Foods that speed up metabolism and provide the right balance of vitamins and minerals will give you tons of energy- if eaten correctly. Here’s a possible culprit – vitamins are water soluble.
When we cook our vegetables – which almost always involves boiling them in water – we are dissolving the vitamins and minerals! They are water soluble. We literally pour them down the drain! What’s left over has – by comparison – very little nutritional value.
Most vegetables can be eaten raw and whenever the opportunity presents itself, that’s the way you should eat them.
Eating your veggies raw provides a lot of great benefits…
First, your body will get the benefit of all the nutrients! Possibly for the first time EVER! You will likely notice an increase in general well being and energy almost immediately.
Second, for great taste, nothing beats eating your veggies raw!
Third, you don’t have to wash your cooking pots and pans if you don’t use them.
Fourth, you can exact revenge on all those skinny members of your family! There is nothing more funny than LOUDLY biting into and chewing a fresh carrot or a crisp stalk of celery. Done properly you can disrupt conversations – ruin trains of thought – and generally drive your family nuts! (Hey, I may be an old dude but I never really grew up!)
Fifth, raw vegetables provide a lot of good fiber and roughage.
Did I mention they taste better?
What’s our goal? Eat a minimum of one raw veggie at each meal.
Always be sure to wash your vegetables thoroughly. When you get them from the store, they DO have chemical and pesticide residues on them. If you want a healthier alternative, go organic.
It would be a good idea to start taking a daily multi-vitamin, if you don’t already. Most of our diets don’t provide the nutrients we need.
Don’t skip your vitamins, but as you start to eat healthier foods that speed up metabolism and start getting the nutrients you need in your food, you won’t so desperately need daily vitamins.
Start eating raw veggies and before you know it, you too can be one of those irritating people who jump out of bed in the morning all full of energy and raring to go!
