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, your vegetable or fruit juice. If you don't lose some significant amount of kilograms after a month, I'll eat a whole warthog for my lunch.
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