The Raw Food Detox Diet

At first glance, the skeptic might wonder if The Raw Food Detox Diet is another crazy fad diet. The overarching goal of the Raw Food Detox Diet is to restore our diet to foods that are more efficiently absorbed by our digestive system.

INTRODUCTION

You will soon see how much of what you have been taught about healthy eating is wrong. The good news is, you'll soon have a better understanding of what really makes for fast weight loss and vibrant health than anyone you know.

WHY YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THE RAW FOOD DETOX DIET

You will also notice that there is minimal preparation required for the raw food dishes in the recipe section. I want you to think of the Raw Food Detox Diet in much bigger terms than just what you eat.

DEBUNKING TYPICAL RAW FOOD MYTHS

The raw food detox diet is, quite frankly, the healthiest diet on the planet. Absolutely anyone living on this planet can find unparalleled success on the raw food detox diet.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Some of you may have come to this after decades of bad eating habits.

IF NOTHING ELSE HAS?

You must take the first step in healing your body by admitting that you are addicted to these undoubtedly habit-forming substances that you may currently be. By simply acknowledging this fact, you take the burden off yourself and realize that you are struggling with something greater than just self-control.

FOOD DETOX DIET

THE RAW

DETOXIFICATION AND HOW IT WORKS

So you call the local waste management system and ask them to come in the morning to pick them up. Enzymes and organic hydration (which we will discuss in more detail) are the workers that will happily clean them.

THE RAW FOOD DETOX DIET STEP #1

STOP POISONING YOUR CELLS

RAW FOOD DETOX DIET TRANSITION FOODS

Stone-pressed olive oil ..Bariani Sweet potatoes ..Rice of any brand ..Any brand Legumes and legume-based soups ..Taste Adventure*. High-quality meats (ie, the best cuts and organic sirloin over ground beef.) Raw nuts or seeds.

RAW FOOD DETOX SHOPPING TIP SHEET

Every city in America has at least one, but you can often miss it if you're not looking for it. Once you start experimenting with raw dressings and sauces in the upcoming recipe section, you'll want second and thirds of your salads.

HIGH-PROTEIN DIET BARS AND SHAKES

WILL PACK ON POUNDS AND INVITE DISEASE

Plus, you can eat real food with really satisfying textures and flavors like avocados, sweet potatoes, real full fat cream and butter, dates, macadamia nuts, and more while actually shedding junk/weight and feeling like you're twelve years old again. This means you will never again have to look at anything other than the ingredients in a product to know if it is good for your body or not.

QUICK EXIT HIERARCHY OF FOOD

All wholemeal flour products (white bread, white rice, white pasta, white pizza dough, flour preparation, etc.); sugar (white sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, etc.). You'll reach the highest levels of health when you eat within levels 1 through 5, but you can work your way up to those levels (if that's your goal) at your own pace.

THE BIG FAT TRUTH

Eating within Quick Exit Food Levels 1 through 8 is acceptable in the Raw Food Detox Diet program and can be done by anyone.

SOY IS THE MOST MUCUS-FORMING PLANT FOOD ON THE PLANET!

WHAT ABOUT DAIRY?

All of this is true, even though the Japanese have one of the longest lifespans of any population. According to Victorias Kulvinskas, co-founder of the Hippocrates Institute and best-selling author, pasteurized diaries and cooked meats increase our white blood cell count by 300 to 400 percent.

WHAT ABOUT VITAMINS?

Goat cheese and goat milk are superior to cow-based milk products, as the protein in goat milk is much easier for humans to digest. Goat's milk is often used as a more natural substitute for breast milk for babies and toddlers.

A WORD ABOUT ALCOHOL AND COFFEE

Drink your green lemonade (see page 48) every day and you'll never have to worry about your bone health. Drink often and you won't have to worry about getting enough of the right nutrients.

EAT QUICK EXIT FOODS IN QUICK EXIT

COMBINATIONS

SLOW VERSUS QUICK EXIT COMBINATION TRANSIT TIMES

QUICK EXIT COMBINATIONS

QUICK EXIT COMBINATION TABLE

QUICK EXIT COMBINATION TIPS

If you "mismatch" a meal, do it at dinner time so that your body has enough time to move the meal through the stomach before the next meal. If you make a bad combination in the evening, your digestive system has all night to deal with it.

A HEALTHFUL FOOD IS DETERMINED NOT BY HOW MANY VITAMINS IT HAS, BUT BY HOW QUICKLY

HEALTHY FOOD IS NOT DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH VITAMINS IT HAS, BUT BY HOW FAST.

AND THOROUGHLY IT CAN LEAVE THE BODY

QUICK EXIT DESSERTS

PEANUTS AND SOY NUTS

Rest assured that if you practice the Raw Food Detox Diet Steps 1 through 5 about 80 percent of the time, you are free to indulge on the odd occasion. You can make any of the raw desserts in this book or enjoy one of the raw desserts sold in many health food stores, such as Raw Bakery's raw brownies (see Appendix).

INFUSE YOUR BODY WITH LIVE ENZYMES

FOOD AND DRINK: WANTED ALIVE

COMING SOON TO A STORE, RESTAURANT, OR DELIVERY SERVICE NEAR YOU!

THREE CORE WAYS TO FLOOD YOUR BODY WITH LIVE ENZYMES

A juicer separates the juice from the fiber of the vegetable, leaving you with only the pure organic juice from the vegetable. This organic water extracted from vegetables contains all the vitamins, minerals and enzymes from the plant.

THE CARROT TRICK

When the juice is separated from the fiber, we can absorb much more of the organic water from the vegetables because most of the fiber doesn't get in the way and fill us up. Minerals from mineral water and sea salt are not absorbed into the cells and can even have the adverse effect of leaching minerals from the body (think of the effect on your bones).

WHAT IS A SALAD, REALLY?

Let's face it, how many of you are going to eat a raw vegetable salad after a bowl of pasta? You will enjoy and digest your raw food better if you eat it as the first course of your meal.

RAW FOOD DETOX DIET STEP #4

YOU NEED TO TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT!

WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TIP #1

EMPLOY GRAVITY METHOD COLONIC HYDRATION

If your body is processing this waste properly through increased intestinal activity, and if you are not experiencing detoxification symptoms such as rashes, headaches, flu-like symptoms, joint pain, etc., then you do not need to have colon cleanses. . Those of you who find a top colon therapist and embrace this “waste management” method will quickly see how regular treatments can transform your body and make you feel like a kid again, in a fraction of the time it would otherwise take would be.

WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TIP #2

However, as with all things, there are top-tier vs. second-tier specialists and methods. The best method of colon hydration is called the gravity method, which uses the force of gravity to move water through your body.

FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH AN ENEMA KIT

Release the clamp on the hose and let some water flow into the sink for a moment to release the air and tighten again. Put a bit of lubrication (butter or olive oil works well) on the plastic tip that you will insert into your rectum.

WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TIP #3

If you are traveling, try using just a little water first to see if the case comes out easily. Always raise your feet on a stool (more details below) when releasing the water and waste.

USE A STOOL FOR YOUR STOOL

DRY BRUSHING AND MASSAGE THERAPY

BOUNCE LIKE A KID!

DEEP BREATHING

WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TIP #7: INVERSIONS

SWEAT IT OUT AND LET THE SUNSHINE IN!

DETERMINE YOUR RAW FOOD

TRANSITION NUMBER

Do you have asthma, bronchial infections, chronic colds and flu or other mucosal diseases. Do you regularly eat soy products (soy milk, tofu, soy chips, soy meat, etc.)

IF YOU SCORED 20+ POINTS, YOU ARE A LEVEL 5

One of the most important things I try to convey to my clients is how valuable "baby steps" can be when moving toward this way of eating. If you want to take it slow, I would recommend starting with just one of the principles below and incorporating more of them over time.

IF YOU SCORED 14 TO 19 POINTS, YOU ARE A LEVEL 4

Your success depends on finding pleasure in these transition foods and quick exit foods. Third, taking things slowly helps ensure that you will stick with this Raw Food Detox diet for the long term.

IF YOU SCORED 8 TO 13 POINTS, YOU ARE A LEVEL 3

In addition to eating a fruit/vegetable juice breakfast, all you need to do is make sure that half of your lunch and half of your dinner consists of raw plant foods – like a big salad with fresh vegetables. This is the time to start challenging peripheral habits like your daily cup(s) of coffee and increase the quality of your fruits and vegetables.

IF YOU SCORED 4 TO 7 POINTS, YOU ARE A LEVEL 2

IF YOU SCORED LESS THAN 3 POINTS, YOU ARE A LEVEL 1

HOW TO DETERMINE WHEN YOU’RE READY TO MOVE UP A LEVEL

MENUS FOR ALL

TRANSITION NUMBERS

RAW FOOD

TIPS ON USING

THE MENU SECTION

DETOX TRANSITION LEVEL 5

Lunch: Large fresh raw vegetable salad with Liquid Gold Elixir salad dressing, Hurgr y-Girl Omelet, steamed vegetables as desired. Dinner: Large fresh raw vegetable salad, 2 sweet potatoes, 2 to 3 slices of sprouted toast (optional organic butter or raw honey), steamed vegetables as desired Dessert: 3 Kollar cookies or 1⁄3 bar Dagoba 75-percent chocolate.

DETOX TRANSITION LEVEL 4

Lunch: raw vegetable salad and raw dressing of your choice, sprouted grain bun, 1 avocado, steamed vegetables of your choice. Dinner: Classic chopped salad, 2 sweet potatoes, 2 to 3 slices of sprouted grain toast (organic butter or raw honey if desired), steamed vegetables if desired.

DETOX TRANSITION LEVEL 3

Snacks (at least 3 hours later): Sunshine Joy, fresh fruit as desired or Green Lemonade Dinner: Classic Chopped Salad with Dijon-Cider Dressing, 1 medium or large sweet. Lunch: Classic chopped salad with Dijon cider dressing, lentil soup, raw granola bar or raw flax seed crackers.

DETOX TRANSITION LEVEL 2

Lunch: Unlimited Power Soup, followed at least 15 minutes later by a Lara bar. Snack: Green Lemonade. Lunch: Oh-So-Simple-Romaine Wraps and a bag of organic carrots. Snack: Green Lemonade.

DETOX TRANSITION LEVEL 1

At this stage, fresh fruit is usually not eaten until after drinking green lemonade, which is not consumed immediately upon rising, but after eleven or twelve o'clock. As with Stage 2, you can wait until you feel comfortable (without straining or forcing yourself) before consuming your first fruit or vegetable juice of the day.

MY EXPERIENCE AS A LEVEL 1

Then I save the dessert for when I get home, where my favorite dark chocolate is always waiting. If that's what it's all about, it's not for me.” Level 1 might not be for you.

RECIPES

RAW FOOD DETOX RECIPE LIST

THE FUNDAMENTALS 101

EXPANDING YOUR REPERTOIRE 104

MASTERFUL CREATIONS 152

SAMPLE MENUS FOR ENTERTAINING 168

HOW TO USE THESE RECIPES

However, you will find many recipes here that do not require special equipment. You'll still enjoy the basic flavors that every well-balanced palate desires: sweet, salty, fatty, sour/sour, and hot.

ESSENTIAL DETOX APPLIANCES

HOW TO OPEN A YOUNG COCONUT

THE FUNDAMENTALS

You may also want to mix in some ice cubes so the mixture doesn't heat up while mixing. The soup is best when served immediately, but it will keep in the fridge for 2 days.

EXPANDING YOUR REPERTOIRE

For a thicker soup, you can blend half the mixture and then add it back to the batch.

LEVELS 3D, 4, AND 5)

To make the base: Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until desired consistency is reached. Depending on the size of your processor, you may need to do this in two or more steps.

Blend all the ingredients (use only 1⁄2 of the carrots) except the seasoning in a blender. Spread a small amount of Dijon mustard on each cabbage leaf and place two slices of the goat's cheese on top.

LEVELS 2D, 3D, 4, AND 5)

2 slices whole grain bread (such as Alvarado St. Bakery sprouted grain), toasted (optional) Mustard, Liquid Gold Elixer (page 102), or Raw Caesar (page 112). Slice the mushrooms 1⁄2-inch bias and arrange evenly on the tortillas with the peppers and onions on top.

MASTERFUL CREATIONS

ALL DISHES ARE 100-PERCENT RAW

Place the coconut meat, vanilla beans, maple syrup and 1 cup of the ice cream in a K-Tec blender or other high-powered blender. Place the coconuts, Splenda/stevia, dates, orange extract, and 1 cup of the juice cubes in a K-Tec blender or other high-powered blender.

SAMPLE MENUS FOR ENTERTAINING

Raw ice cream served with Blessing's Coconautti raw cookies Green & Black or Dagoba dark chocolate and/or raw brownies. Raw chocolate ice cream topped with You-Must-be-Kidding Chocolate Sauce Green & Black or Dagoba dark chocolate and/or raw brownies.

REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS

EATING OUT

TIPS FOR FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS

If you choose the nut/dried fruit option, you can enjoy a raw treat or a Lara bar for dessert. You can even keep some herbal tea and natural sweetener in your stash as you can always have hot water for a soothing herbal tea.

TIPS FOR OTHER CHAINS, STEAKHOUSES, AND UPSCALE RESTAURANTS

If you choose the avocado, you can have some bananas and/or some dates for dessert. You can also squeeze lemon into your water with stevia on a hot day for quick lemonade.

ETHNIC RESTAURANTS: WHAT TO EAT AND WHAT TO AVOID

DINING AT PRIVATE

HOMES, SOCIAL EVENTS, AND GATHERINGS

BEING GUEST RONOMICALLY CORRECT

If you're planning to stay at someone else's house for an extended period of time, you should take the time to call them and tell them they don't have to reserve donuts and chips for you. Friends and family want each other to be happy, so everyone will benefit if you talk.

CASUAL GATHERINGS LIKE BARBEQUES AND BUFFETS

If they insist on having something for you, let them know that you eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and that you would be happy to go to the store for them. If your girlfriend is going to be mortally offended when you don't eat her crab cakes, that's her problem.

PLANNING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON

BE ARMED WITH A STRATEGY

Use the morning hours to give your body a break from digesting heavy food while supplying the enzymes, vitamins and minerals it needs to function at its peak. When you drink large amounts of water with a meal, you dilute your precious digestive juices and your body has to work that much harder to break down the meal.

DIETING ON A LIMITED BUDGET

At Levels 1 and 2, where the desire for gourmet raw food and special raw food treats (such as raw pecan pie bars, raw breads and raw brownies) kicks in, your budget will increase. Sprouted grain bread products Brown rice and other whole grains Kollar cookies (www.kollarcookies.com).

THE OFFICE

Take responsibility for your body and learn to say "no". Just because you used to go with your coworker for a frozen yogurt every day at three or for a drink and a snack after work doesn't mean you can't change those habits. Of course, your colleague may find it disturbing at first, but he/she will get over it.

TRAVELING

BASIC TRAVEL TOOLS

Lara Bars are pre-packaged, require no refrigeration and are perfect when you want a snack. Macadamia nuts and raisins are great to add to your big raw salad at a poolside lunch or when you need a little energy for that last ski run.

ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIPS

Whether you're going away for four days or four weeks, make a quick trip to your local health food store for your favorite dried fruit, raw nuts, and whole foods.

HOTELS AND SMALL TOWN RESTAURANTS