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Eat More Raw Now!


 
While supermarkets and health food stores allow you to find produce from around the world, this time of year offers the opportunity to shop at local fairs and farmer's markets. Farmer's Markets create a unique opportunity to meet the people who grow our foods as well as a fun outing with family. These markets are often the best way to get fresh raw produce from the farm directly to your table.

Raw, unprocessed foods are delicious and offer countless health benefits. Summer is a great time to start adding more raw foods into your diet. Raw foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouts create a great foundation to a modern diet. Raw foods are loaded with enzymes, vitamin and nutrients that increase energy, aid in digestions and boost vitality.

We are not suggesting that you completely change your diet, just that you add more raw food into your day. While snacking, garnishing, or even one meal a day, the benefits of raw food are well worth the adjustment.

Five easy ways to add more raw foods to your diet:
  1. Have at least a serving or more of fresh fruit every day: This can include an apple, pear, orange, berries or a fresh fruit smoothie.
  2. Have multiple servings of fresh vegetables every day: Cut up carrots, celery, peppers, make a large dark leafy green salad or a fresh pressed green juice.
  3. Enjoy a handful (or two) of raw organic nuts and seeds. Put them into a trail mix with raisins, goji berries, apricots – and you can even add some pure raw dark chocolate (cacao) into the mix.
  4. Grab a bag of fresh sunflower or pea sprouts from your local health food store or farmers market, these make a great addition to salads, sandwiches, soups and smoothies.
  5. Get creative and try to prepare a few new raw recipes each week (there are countless cookbooks and websites on how to prepare things like smoothies, raw nori rolls, cookies and nut based spreads that can add raw foods to your diet).


This recipe was sourced from Fully Nourished by Marni Wasserman.



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