The power of raw foods is not only one of the most well-known “rejuvenation” secrets of celebrities, it is also a concept that has the potential of giving you what you’re looking for: incredible health, increased energy, and a youthful and slim body.
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Get enough fiber
Fiber is not only healthy but it is excellent for weight loss. Fiber helps you to feel full and it helps encourage evacuation to help clean out your system. Make sure to drink plenty of water to help improve your digestion.
Because the human digestive system cannot digest fiber, it goes through the colon removing all the waste materials with it. Fiber is also effective for softening your stools to help you avoid being constipated.
There are two different kinds of fiber found in food. Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water. This fiber helps increase the bulk of the food to help fast passage of waste from your colon. This helps lessen your chances of building up toxins. Not only is it good for weight loss, but it also helps reduce your risk of colon cancer.
Soluble fiber forms a gel in your intestines and helps reduce cholesterol. In order to keep your body healthy, it needs around 30 to 40 g of fiber a day. Make sure to eat plenty of the following foods to help you get in shape and maintain your health.
Some great high fiber foods include oat bran, rice bran, wheat bran, and corn bran. Medium fiber foods include oat flour, cornmeal, rolled oats, whole-wheat flour, whole grains, whole-wheat pasta, and brown rice.
Be sure to avoid the low fiber foods like refined white flour, cream of wheat, white rice, cornstarch, and pasta.
It is very important that you drink plenty of water when adding high fiber to your diet. Not only will the water make the fiber swell, it will also make the fiber work better.
If you have not been eating very much fiber, make sure to add just a few extra grams a day until you reach your target goal of 30 to 40 g per day. If you all of a sudden add too much fiber to your diet, it can cause you stomach cramps. It takes time for your body to get used to a high fiber diet, but it is well worth it.
Start adding more fiber to your diet each day and you will notice that you’ll feel less hungry, which will reduce your appetite, and result in extra weight loss. Fiber also will help your body in controlling your blood sugar. Adding fiber to your diet will also help flush out fat faster so eat up.
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“Purifying the lymphatic system is vital for ridding your body of cellulite … since [the body] doesn’t have a pump, like the heart, it must be exercised … the best way to do this–to give those fatty deposits the old heave-ho–is by cleansing your lymphatic system either with a bouncing action or by moving your arms while walking briskly … use of mini trampoline has proven to be an efficient form of exercise with virtually no harmful side effects … in approximately two weeks, you should notice that your legs, buttocks and ankles are becoming toned and those orange peel-like cellulite deposits are smoothing out.”
~Anne Louise Gittleman
