In order to reduce your weight and enjoy better health and high
energy levels, you need to consider switching to a vegetable and fruit
diet. Even animals that live longer are vegetarian. Consider the
elephant, zebra, giraffe, and the buffalo for example. I live in Africa
not far from a game reserve. I can guarantee you this.They all live up
to more than thirty years. The elephant lives to about sixty years. The
tortoise can live to about two hundred years. Now consider the lion, the
cheetah, the wild dog and all the other carnivorous animals.They live
on average for about only twelve years. They can't cover the long
distances managed by their carnivorous brethren in search of food. They
have outbursts of intense energy that don't last for long. They sleep a
lot too.
The advantages of eating a fruits and vegetables diet is
because these foods are eighty percent water. So they in essence wash
out the toxins from your body, and at the same time nourish you. It does
not matter what kind of fruits or vegetables you eat. Many fruits and
vegetables contain protein, carbohydrates and, fats. Our bodies need
protein to rebuild our body cells, carbohydrates for energy and fats for
padding. It is difficult for many people to switch to a vegetable and
fruit diet at once. Start out by eating smaller portions of meat or
fish. Then perhaps after about two weeks, have even smaller portions.
Are you serious about reducing your weight and enjoying better health?
Then I advice you to buy a blender if you can afford it. If you cannot,
then sell your car if reducing your weight is so important to you. With a
blender you can extract juice from oranges, apples, carrots, mangoes
and even beetroot.
The reason for this is simple. Instead of
drinking garbage such as tea or coffee in the morning or any time of the
day for that matter, simply drink your fruit juice or vegetable juice.
It is an established medical fact that coffee increases the rate of your
heart beat. Coffee and tea are stimulants.This is not good for you. Tea
contains caffeine which can impact negatively on your ability to sleep
deeply and wake up refreshed. Have your fruits on an empty stomach. It
is much easier to digest and it is good as roughage. Eat as much as you
can until you are filled. For your lunch, you may have a small portion
of rice and a mixture of steamed vegetables with a dash of tomato sauce.
Then have a vegetable salad such as cucumber, lettuce and raw carrots.
Some days you may have broccoli, cabbage, a small portion of mashed
potatoes, sweet potatoes or cooked aubergine. Beef, mutton, pork or the
turkey you gobble up before bedtime takes more energy to digest than the
energy required for a hundred metre dash sprint of an Olympian. This is
even worse if you have such food for your lunch break. You feel like
taking a nap soon after going back to your desk. Have fruits and
vegetables for your lunch and notice the difference at the energy levels
you achieve. Never drink water after a meal. This has the effect of
diluting the digestive juices in your stomach. Instead have a glass of
water, say, fifteen minutes before a meal, or better still,
