30-day Raw food fast:Day 1

30-day Raw food fast:Day 1

What is Raw food? 

Raw food is unprocessed food. In other words, food that is eaten in its raw state. If you have ever eaten a banana, or an apple, or a salad made with fresh veggies and fruits, then you have eaten Raw food! 

Doctors advise that you eat at least 5 vegetables and 5 fruits each day because they understand that food eaten in as close to its natural state as possible is best for the body.

This course is called a ‘Raw food fast’, but it really is not a fast but a break from a fast.

Did you get that? Let me explain - You actually fast when your main diet consists mostly of Processed food and very little of Raw food. This might come as a bit of a surprise to some because the general assumption when processed ‘food’ is eaten is that we are actually eating good food for our body. But that truly is not the case. 

When you heat food (in a microwave oven, a gas or electric hub, a conventional oven or other processing method), you kill the enzymes, minerals, vitamins and other healthy compounds that make it food! 

What remains is a meal that might hit the full spectrum of your taste buds but would fall short in nourishing your internal organs and as such fall short in keeping you healthy.

Your body needs nutrient-rich food to keep it working. It needs food that is alive and teeming with enzymes, minerals, and other active compounds. 

When you heat your food in the microwave, on your burner, in your oven or any way else, you kill these nutrients and render the food dead. 

If you keep eating dead food, you are essentially fasting because you are not feeding your body with living nutrients, minerals and other compounds it needs.

With that said, let’s get this party started!

Day 1 recipes:

What you would need:

1.   Time – obviously

2.   A high speed blender or a smoothie maker

3.   A chopping board (optional)

4.   Knives (optional)

5.   Water

6.   Apple cider vinegar (to wash fruits and vegetables. See: ‘30-Day Juice Fast: Day 1- Mind Prep!’ post sent on 28^th of Feb. 2013 for veggie washer recipe.)

Fruits and Veggies needed for the day: 4 cups of leafy greens, I medium sized lemon, 3 bananas, 6 oranges, 4 inches of ginger, 2 carrots, ½ a cup of cashew nut, 10 inches of cucumber, 3 cups of mangoes, I avocado pear, I cup of pineapple, 1 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil, 1 cup of water and 1 tablespoon of wild honey (wild honey is simply honey that is unrefined).

Recipes:

7 am

Warm water with 2 slices of Lemon.

8am and 11am

Smoothie:

2 cups of leafy green (pumpkin leaf, spinach, green leaves would do.), 3 bananas, 3 oranges, 1 inch size ginger.

Use a citrus juicer to get juice from the oranges. Toss the orange juice, the bananas, the ginger and the leafy green into a high speed blender or a smoothie maker. Blend until smooth.

1pm

Salad:

2 carrots (shredded), ½ a cup of cashew nuts (crushed), 5 inches of cucumber (cut into cubes), 1 cup of chopped mango, 1 table spoon(TBSP) of extra virgin olive oil.

Toss all ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir.

3pm

Green Garana Smoothie:

2 cups of leafy green, 5 inches of cucumber, the flesh of 1 avocado pear, 1 cup of peeled & chopped pineapple, and 1 inch of ginger.

Toss all in a high speed blender or smoothie maker and blend until smooth.

5pm 
Detox

3 oranges, 3 TBSP of lemon and 2 inches of ginger.

Use a citrus juicer to extract the orange juice. Toss the orange juice, lemon juice and ginger into a high speed blender and blend until smooth.

7pm

PM Mango swirl:

2 cups of chopped frozen mangoes, 1 cup of water (Preferably filtered water), and 1 table spoon of raw honey (optional).

Toss frozen mangoes, water and honey into a high speed blender and blend until smooth.

'Let the beauty you love be what you do'- Rumi


*The information contained in this blog is my personal opinion based on my personal experience and research. Please consult your doctor for advice.
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